Metabolism of the vacuolar pathogen Legionella and implications for virulence
Legionella pneumophila is a ubiquitous environmental bacterium that thrives in fresh water habitats, either as planktonic form or as part of biofilms. The bacteria also grow intracellularly in free-living protozoa as well as in mammalian alveolar macrophages, thus triggering a potentially fatal pneu...
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-09-01
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श्रृंखला: | Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology |
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ऑनलाइन पहुंच: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcimb.2014.00125/full |