Predator vs aliens: Bacteria interactions with Acanthamoeba

Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 869-874

  Khan, Naveed Ahmed ^a   Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

microbial interactions; prokaryotes; protist

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM; CELL INTERACTION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENT; HOST; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; BACTERIOLYSIS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; MICROORGANISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84899471694     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118201300231X     Document Type: Review

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