Free-living freshwater amoebae differ in their susceptibility to the pathogenic bacterium Legionella pneumophila

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-17

  Dey, Rafik ^a,b   Bodennec, Jacques ^a,b   Mameri, Mouh Oulhadj ^a,b   Pernin, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Free living amoebae; Legionella pneumophila; Protozoa bacterial interactions; Willaertia magna

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCODINA; WILLAERTIA MAGNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FRESH WATER; HARTMANNELLA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SARCODINA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HARTMANNELLA; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1; PROTOZOA; WILLAERTIA; WILLAERTIA MAGNA;

EID: 57449115153     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01387.x     Document Type: Article

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