Relevance of free-living amoebae as hosts for phylogenetically diverse microorganisms

Parasitology Research

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2407-2414

  Scheid, Patrick ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endocytobionts; Free living amoeba; Hosts; Trojan horses; Vectors; Virulence development

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENDOCYTOBIOSIS; ENDOPARASITE; FREE LIVING AMOEBA; HOST; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM; LEGIONELLA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVIEW; SYMBIONT;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; VIRUSES;

EID: 84903821254     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-3932-7     Document Type: Review

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