Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Lactococcus lactis and Lactococcus garvieae and a proposed method to discriminate between them

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1296-1298

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

^a Childhood/Vacc Preventable Dis Br   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029868231     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.5.1296-1298.1996     Document Type: Article

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