Hartmanella vermiformis can be permissive for Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 475-477

  Cateau, E ^a,b   Imbert, C ^a   Rodier, M H ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Mycologie   (France)

^b Faculte de Medicine et de Pharmacie   (France)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Microbial cell interaction; Protozoa; Pseudomonads; Water

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; VEHICLE TRANSMISSIONS;

CELL INTERACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRAIN; FREE LIVINGS; MICROBIAL CELLS; MICROBIAL-CELL INTERACTION; NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION; P.AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAD; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WATER TAPS;

PROTOZOA;

BACTERIA; GROWTH KINETICS; PATHOGENS; PROTOZOA;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; GROWTH RATE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; NUTRIENT; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SARCODINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HARTMANNELLA; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; PROTOZOA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 54249120402     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02457.x     Document Type: Article

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