Development of an Aeromonas hydrophila infection model using the protozoan Tetrahymena thermophila

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 316, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 160-168

  Li, Jing ^a   Zhang, Xiao Lu ^a   Liu, Yong Jie ^a   Lu, Cheng Ping ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aeromonas hydrophila; Intracellular proliferation; Protozoan infection model; Tetrahymena thermophila; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

AEROLYSIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HABITAT; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTESTINE FLORA; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; UPREGULATION; VERTEBRATE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; VIRULENCE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; PROTOZOA; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79951771917     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02208.x     Document Type: Letter

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