Acid-fastness of Nocardia asteroides GUH-2 cultured in brain heart infusion broth supplemented with paraffin

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 711-716

  Kohbata, Shunro ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid fastness; Nocardiae; Paraffin

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; ENCEPHALITIS; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NONHUMAN; SCHWANN CELL; STAINING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES;

EID: 0029908396     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb01131.x     Document Type: Article

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