Taxonomic study of lancefield streptococcal groups C, G, and L (Streptococcus dysgalactiae) and proposal of S. dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis subsp. nov.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 774-781

  Vandamme, P ^a,b   Pot, B ^c   Falsen, E ^d   Kersters, K ^a   Devriese, L A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOKINASE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBRINOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029679927     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-3-774     Document Type: Article

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