A quantitative in vitro cultivation technique to determine cell number and growth rates in strains of Crithidia bombi (Trypanosomatidae), a parasite of bumblebees

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-10

  Popp, Mario ^a   Lattorff, H Michael G ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Crithidia bombi; cultivation; host; infection; optical density; parasite; transmission

Indexed keywords

BEE; CULTIVATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROWTH RATE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PROTOZOAN; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CELL COUNT; CRITHIDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; CELL COUNT; CRITHIDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE;

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; CRITHIDIA BOMBI; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 78650640617     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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