Viability of Listeria monocytogenes in co-culture with Acanthamoeba spp.

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-29

  Akya, Alisha ^a,c   Pointon, Andrew ^b   Thomas, Connor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Interaction; Listeria monocytogenes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PATHOGEN; PROTOZOAN; SURVIVAL;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GENE REPLICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA LENTICULATA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 69949167944     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00736.x     Document Type: Article

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