Identification, classification, and clinical relevance of catalase-negative, gram-positive cocci, excluding the streptococci and enterococci

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 479-495

  Facklam, Richard ^a,b   Elliott, J A ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CATALASE;

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GEMELLA; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LABORATORY TEST; LACTOCOCCUS; LEUCONOSTOC; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEMELLA; LACTOCOCCUS; LEUCONOSTOC; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0028817973     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.8.4.479     Document Type: Review

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