Investigations of an extraordinary endocytobiont in Acanthamoeba sp.: Development and replication

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1371-1377

  Scheid, Patrick ^a   Hauröder, Bärbel ^a   Michel, Rolf ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOPLASM; ENDOCYTOBIOSIS; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PARASITES; SYMBIOSIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 77953321842     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1811-4     Document Type: Article

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