Evidence for a previously unrecognized mycobacterial endosymbiont in Acanthamoeba castellanii strain ma (ATCC®50370TM)

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-76

  Glaser, Kathleen C ^a   Hetrick, Neil D ^a   Molestina, Robert E ^a  

^a Protistology Department   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; amoebae; culture collection; identification; isolation; Mycobacterium avium complex

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; ENDOSYMBIONT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTOZOAN;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; MYCOBACTERIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX;

EID: 78650646737     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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