Acanthamoeba castellanii an environmental host for Shigella dysenteriae and Shigella sonnei

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-88

  Saeed, Amir ^a,b   Abd, Hadi ^b   Edvinsson, Benjamin ^b   Sandström, Gunnar ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

A. castellanii; Environmental reservoir; Shigella

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; WATER;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SYMBIOSIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 58149291333     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-008-0422-2     Document Type: Article

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