The antimicrobial and phagocytic defense mechanisms of the terrestrial gastropod lehmannia nyctelia against Escherichia coli and staphylococcus aureus

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 339-346

  Lorenson, Leslie ^a   Desantis, Anthony ^a   Mannath, Thejus ^a   Mirza, Farhaj ^a   Weeks, Benjamin S ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Escherichia coli o157: h7; Lehmannia nyctelia; Membrane nanotubes; Phagocytosis; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; METHANOL; TISSUE EXTRACT;

AEROMONAS; ALCALIGENES; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPLYSIA; BACILLUS; CELL STRAIN; CHICOREUS RAMOSUS; CHICOREUS VIRGINEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ELYSIA GRANDIFOLIA; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GASTROPOD; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEHMANNIA NYCTELIA; MICROCOCCUS; NERITA ALBICILLA; NERITA ORYZARUM; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANEXIS SULCATUS; PSEUDOMONAS; RAT; SKIN CELL; SNAIL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VIBRIO; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; INTERNALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROPODA; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PC12 CELLS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RATS; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

EID: 79951558904     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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