Editorial: Amoebae as Host Models to Study the Interaction With Pathogens

Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2019 Mar 19:9:47. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00047. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Sascha Thewes¹, Thierry Soldati², Ludwig Eichinger³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Institute for Biology - Microbiology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
² Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Geneva, Sciences II, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Medical Faculty, Center for Biochemistry, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: amoebae; evolution; host-pathogen-interaction; immune system; phagocytes.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acanthamoeba / microbiology*
Bacteria / growth & development*
Dictyostelium / microbiology*
Fungi / growth & development*
Host-Pathogen Interactions*
Models, Theoretical*