Tetrahymena: An Alternative Model Host for Evaluating Virulence of Aeromonas Strains

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Pang, Mao Da ^a   Lin, Xiao Qin ^a   Hu, Meng ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Lu, Cheng Ping ^a   Liu, Yong Jie ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOASSAY; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; ZEBRA FISH;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; LETHAL DOSE 50; TETRAHYMENA; VIRULENCE; ZEBRAFISH;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DANIO RERIO; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 84869061501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048922     Document Type: Article

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