Biochemical investigations of biogroups and subspecies of Morganella morganii

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 108-113

  Janda, J Michael ^a,b   Abbott, Sharon L ^a   Khashe, Shideh ^a   Robin, Tom ^a,c  

^a Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

^b Microbial Diseases Laboratory   (United States)

^c LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORGANELLA MORGANII; MORGANELLA MORGANII SUBSP. MORGANII; MORGANELLA MORGANII SUBSP. SIBONII; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FERMENTATION; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VERO CELL;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARBOXY-LYASES; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FERMENTATION; GLYCEROL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PLASMIDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TREHALOSE; VERO CELLS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0029655614     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.1.108-113.1996     Document Type: Article

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