Acanthamoeba polyphaga-enhanced growth of mycobacterium smegmatis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lamrabet, Otmane ^a   Medie, Felix Mba ^a   Drancourt, Michel ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST (RESTING STAGE); ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; TROPHOZOITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; ENDOCYTOSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENDOCYTOSIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; TROPHOZOITES;

EID: 84855668591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029833     Document Type: Article

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