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Ciliate Paramecium is a natural reservoir of Legionella pneumophila

Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires’ disease, replicates within alveolar macrophages and free-living amoebae. However, the lifestyle of L. pneumophila in the environment remains largely unknown. Here we established a novel natural host model of L. pneumophila endosymbiosis us...

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Autores principales: Watanabe, Kenta, Nakao, Ryo, Fujishima, Masahiro, Tachibana, Masato, Shimizu, Takashi, Watarai, Masahisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4832178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27079173
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep24322