Developmental cycle and host interaction of Rhabdochlamydia porcellionis, an intracellular parasite of terrestrial isopods

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2980-2993

  Sixt, Barbara S ^a   Kostanjšek, Rok ^b   Mustedanagic, Azra ^a   Toenshoff, Elena R ^a   Horn, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS RHABDOCHLAMYDIA PORCELLIONIS; CHLAMYDIAE; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; ISOPODA; PORCELLIO SCABER;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CHLAMYDIALES; CYTOPLASM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INSECT; ISOPODA; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CHLAMYDIALES; CYTOPLASM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INSECTS; ISOPODA;

EID: 84886421913     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12252     Document Type: Article

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