Increased persistence of Salmonella enterica Serovar typhi in the presence of Acanthamoeba castellanii

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 7640-7646

  Douesnard Malo, Frédéri ^a   Daigle, France ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; CELL COUNT; CO-CULTURES; COCULTURE; CULTURED BACTERIA; CYTOTOXIC; ENVIRONMENTAL RESERVOIRS; ETIOLOGICAL AGENT; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; PHYSICAL CONTACTS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROVAR; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TYPHOID FEVER; VIABLE COUNT;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

SALMONELLA;

BACTERIUM; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ETIOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH RATE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INGESTION RATE; PATHOGENICITY; PROTOZOAN; TYPHOID;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CELL COUNT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; CELL COUNT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 83155163692     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00699-11     Document Type: Article

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