Cellular response of the amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii to chlorine, chlorine dioxide, and monochloramine treatments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 4974-4980

  Mogoa, Emerancienne ^a   Bodet, Charles ^a   Morel, Franck ^a   Rodier, Marie Hélène ^a   Legube, Bernard ^a   Héchard, Yann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; CELL SIZE; CELL SURFACES; CELLULAR RESPONSE; CHLORINE DIOXIDES; DIFFERENT MODES; DOSE-DEPENDENT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILIZATION; MODE OF ACTION; MONOCHLORAMINE; MORPHOLOGICAL MODIFICATION; PERMEABILIZATION; SIZE REDUCTIONS; VACUOLIZATION; WATER SYSTEM;

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; DISINFECTANTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; SIZE DETERMINATION;

CHLORINE;

CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORINE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; OXIDE; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM;

BACTERIUM; CHLORINE; CYTOPLASM; DISINFECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MEMBRANE; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PERMEABILITY; PROTOZOAN;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOPLASM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PSEUDOPODIUM;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHLORAMINES; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CYTOPLASM; DISINFECTANTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OXIDES; PSEUDOPODIA; VACUOLES;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOPODA;

EID: 79961080459     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00234-11     Document Type: Article

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