Survival of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in the presence of Acanthamoeba castellanii and its dependence on Pho regulon

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Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 427-437

  Chekabab, Samuel Mohammed ^a   Daigle, France ^a   Charette, Steve J ^b,c   Dozois, Charles M ^a,d   Harel, Josée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba castellanii; Bacterial persistence; Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli; Pho regulon; Shiga toxin

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL CULTURE MONITORING; CELL VIABILITY; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; INCUBATION TIME; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MONOCULTURE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHO REGULON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON;

EID: 84874985707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.40     Document Type: Article

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