Growth, encystment and survival of Acanthamoeba castellanii grazing on different bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-229

  De Moraes, Josué ^a   Alfieri, Silvia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba castellanii; Escherichia coli; Free living amoeba; Grazing activity; Micrococcus luteus; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; ENCYSTMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; PROTOZOAN; SURVIVAL;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TROPHOZOITES;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBA (GENUS); BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 53949108717     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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