Acanthamoeba castellanii of the T4 genotype is a potential environmental host for Enterobacter aerogenes and Aeromonas hydrophila

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yousuf, Farzana Abubakar ^a   Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah ^a   Khan, Naveed Ahmed ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Encystment; Interactions; Pathogens; Vector

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYST; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; KERATITIS; NONHUMAN; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MYCOBACTERIUM; PROTISTA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84878636684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-169     Document Type: Article

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