Caenorhabditis elegans as an alternative model host for legionella pneumophila, and protective effects of bifidobacterium infantis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4105-4108

  Komura, Tomomi ^a   Yasui, Chikako ^a   Miyamoto, Hiroshi ^b   Nishikawa, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFIDOBACTERIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PROTECTIVE EFFECTS; SURVIVAL TIME;

BACTERIUM; HATCHING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NEMATODE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DISEASE MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOSIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM BV. INFANTIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEMATODA;

EID: 77953642903     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03021-09     Document Type: Article

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