Ultrastructural study of the life cycle of Rickettsia slovaca, wild and standard type, cultivated in L929 and vero cell lines

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-136

  Boldis V ^a   Strus J ^b   Kocianova E ^a   Tusek Znidaric M ^b   Stefanidesova K ^a   Spitalska E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CERCOPITHECUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; VERO CELLS;

EUKARYOTA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 65649116629     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12223-009-0019-4     Document Type: Article

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