Internalization of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterial cells by non-phagocytic, epithelial human cells

Romanian Biotechnological Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Chifiriuc, Mariana Carmen ^b   Lixandru, Mariana ^a   Iordache, Carmen ^a   Bleotu, Coralia ^c   Larion, Cristina ^a   Olguta, Dracea ^a   Lazar, Veronica ^b   Antohe, Felicia ^d   Israil, Anca Michaela ^a  

^a National Institute for Research in Microbiology and Immunology   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c STEFAN S NICOLAU INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Romania)

^d INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR BIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY NICOLAE SIMIONESCU   (Romania)

Author keywords

Fluorescence microscopy; Internalization; Non phagocytic cells; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77955830258     PISSN: 12245984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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