Interactions of Leptospira with environmental bacteria from surface water

Current Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1802-1806

  Barragan, Veronica A ^a   Mejia, María Eugenia ^a   Trávez, Andrés ^a   Zapata, Sonia ^a   Hartskeerl, Rudy A ^d   Haake, David A ^b,c   Trueba, Gabriel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELFTIA; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENT; FLAVOBACTERIUM; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA MEYERI; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAIN FOREST; RIVER; SPHINGOMONAS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; LEPTOSPIRA; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIVERS;

DELFTIA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA MEYERI; MAMMALIA; SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

EID: 79958257227     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-011-9931-3     Document Type: Article

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