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Nutrient salvaging and metabolism by the intracellular pathogen Legionella pneumophila

The Gram-negative bacterium Legionella pneumophila is ubiquitous in freshwater environments as a free-swimming organism, resident of biofilms, or parasite of protozoa. If the bacterium is aerosolized and inhaled by a susceptible human host, it can infect alveolar macrophages and cause a severe pneum...

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Autores principales: Fonseca, Maris V., Swanson, Michele S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3920079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24575391
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2014.00012