Increase in acid tolerance of campylobacter jejuni through coincubation with amoebae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 4194-4200

  Axelsson Olsson, Diana ^a   Svensson, Lovisa ^a   Olofsson, Jenny ^a,b   Salomon, Paulo ^a   Waldenström, Jonas ^a,b   Ellström, Patrik ^b   Olsen, Björn ^a,b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID TOLERANCE; ACIDIC CONDITIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; FOOD ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN INFECTION; PHOSPHATE-BUFFERED SALINES; POTENTIAL RISKS; POULTRY PRODUCTION; TAP WATER;

ACIDS; ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGY; PROTOZOA; SALINE WATER;

BACTERIA;

ACIDITY; ANIMAL PRODUCT; BACTERIUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD QUALITY; MOTILITY; PATHOGEN; PH; POULTRY; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH CONTENT; TOLERANCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COCULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOVEMENT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77954258414     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01219-09     Document Type: Article

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