Enhancement of in vitro cytopathogenicity byAcanthamoebaspp. following acquisition of bacterial endosymbionts
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- 1 September 1998
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 166 (2) , 231-236
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13895.x
Abstract
Approximately one in five isolates of Acanthamoeba spp. recovered from clinical and environmental sources are found to harbor obligate, uncultured bacKeywords
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