Acanthamoeba polyphaga is a possible host for Vibrio cholerae in aquatic environments

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-68

  Sandström, Gunnar ^a,b   Saeed, Amir ^a,b   Abd, Hadi ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba polyphaga; Host; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; CELL COUNT; CELL VACUOLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GENTAMICINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; ACANTHAMOEBIDAE; AMOEBA (GENUS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77954760336     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.09.021     Document Type: Article

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