Metabolism of the vacuolar pathogen Legionella and implications for virulence

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Manske, Christian ^a   Hilbi, Hubert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amoeba; Dictyostelium; Legionella; Macrophage; Metabolism; Nutrition; Pathogen vacuole; Type IV secretion

Indexed keywords

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CYSTEINE; IRON; PROTEOME; THREONINE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSCRIPTOME; AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL METABOLISM; CELL VACUOLE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; UPREGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LEGIONELLA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLOSIS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MICRONUTRIENTS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; QUORUM SENSING; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84907933925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00125     Document Type: Review

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