In vivo cell aggregations of a recent swine biofilm-forming isolate of Leptospira interrogans strain from Argentina;Agregaciones celulares in vivo de leptospira interrogans producidas por un aislamiento porcino capaz de formar biofilm

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 138-143

  Brihuega, Bibiana ^a   Samartino, Luis ^a   Auteri, Carmelo ^a   Venzano, Agustín ^a   Caimi, Karina ^b  

^a Instituto de Patología   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Cell aggregations; Guinea pigs; Leptospira interrogans

Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENE;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BIOFILMS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; URINE;

EID: 84867683042     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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