Amoebae as a tool to isolate new bacterial species, to discover new virulence factors and to study the host-pathogen interactions

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 125-130

  Tosetti, Nicolo ^a   Croxatto, Antony ^a   Greub, Gilbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amoeba resisting bacteria; Chlamydia related bacteria; Legionella; Mycobacteria; Virulence

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COCULTURE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIAL GENOME; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; WADDLIA CHONDROPHILA; WILD TYPE; BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; LEGIONELLA;

AMOEBA; BACTERIA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84915763164     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2014.07.009     Document Type: Article

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