Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of two brevibacterium strains from the human ear: Description of brevibacterium otitidis SP. NOV

Medical Microbiology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 113-123

  Pascual, C ^a   Collins, M D ^b   Funke, G ^b   Pitcher, D G ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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