Exposure to pairs of Aeromonas strains enhances virulence in the Caenorhabditis elegans infection model

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue NOV, 2015, Pages

  Mosser, Thomas ^a   Talagrand Reboul, Emilie ^a,b   Colston, Sophie M ^c   Graf, Joerg ^c   Figueras, Maria J ^d   Jumas Bilak, Estelle ^a,b   Lamy, Brigitte ^a,b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Caenorhabditis elegans; Mixed infection; Polymicrobial infection; Virulence determinants

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL KILLING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUORUM SENSING; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SURVIVAL; TD50; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; VIBRIOSIS; WORM;

EID: 84949803370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01218     Document Type: Article

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