2009-05-01Zeitschriftenartikel
bdhA-patD operon as a virulence determinant, revealed by a novel large-scale approach for identification of Legionella pneumophila mutants defective for amoeba infection.
Aurass, Philipp; Pless, Birgit; Rydzewski, Kerstin; Holland, Gudrun; Bannert, Norbert; Flieger, Antje
Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires' disease, is an intracellular parasite of eukaryotic cells. In the environment, it colonizes amoebae. After being inhaled into the human lung, the bacteria infect ...