A review of numerical methods in bacterial identification

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1980, Pages 233-299

  Willcox, W R ^a   Lapage, S P ^a   Holmes, B ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARBOHYDRATES; COMPUTERS; ENZYMES; PROBABILITY; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0019182320     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00453024     Document Type: Review

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