Penicillin resistance and autolysis in enterococci

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 159-161

  Daneo Moore, L ^a   Massidda, O ^a   Kariyama, R ^a   Shockman, G D ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; POLYSACCHARIDE; RHAMNOSE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 0029744241     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1996.2.159     Document Type: Article

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