The causative agent of Legionnaires’ disease, Legionella pneumophila, governs interactions with host cells by secreting ca. 330 different “effector” proteins. The facultative intracellular bacteria replicate in macrophages and amoeba within a unique compartment, the Legionella-containing vacuole (LC...
ORGANISM(S): Legionella pneumophila subsp. pneumophila str. Philadelphia 1 Dictyostelium discoideum