Vibrio cholerae O139 requires neither capsule nor LPS O side chain to grow inside Acanthamoeba castellanii

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-131

  Abd, Hadi ^a   Saeed, Amir ^a,b   Weintraub, Andrej ^b   Sandström, Gunnar ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL GROWTH; COCULTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MANNOSE; MUTATION; TIME FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O139;

EID: 58149522615     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.004721-0     Document Type: Article

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