Symbiont-Mediated Defense against <named-content content-type="genus-species">Legionella pneumophila</named-content> in Amoebae

Symbiont-Mediated Defense against <named-content content-type="genus-species">Legionella pneumophila</named-content> in Amoebae

ABSTRACT Legionella pneumophila is an important opportunistic pathogen for which environmental reservoirs are crucial for the infection of humans. In the environment, free-living amoebae represent key hosts providing nutrients and shelter for highly efficient intracellular proliferation of L. pneumo...

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Main Authors: Lena König, Cecilia Wentrup, Frederik Schulz, Florian Wascher, Sarah Escola, Michele S. Swanson, Carmen Buchrieser, Matthias Horn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-06-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
amoeba
Legionella
antimicrobial defense
coinfection
endosymbionts
protists
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00333-19

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00333-19

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