Amoeba host model for evaluation of Streptococcus suis virulence

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 6271-6273

  Bonifait, Laetitia ^a,b   Charette, Steve J ^a,c,d   Filion, Geneviéve ^c,d   Gottschalk, Marcelo ^b,e   Grenier, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes IBIS   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DICTYOSTELIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; DICTYOSTELIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 80052772932     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00659-11     Document Type: Article

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