Identification of staphylococci with a self-educating system using fatty acid analysis and biochemical tests

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3075-3084

  Behme, Ronald J ^a,b   Shuttleworth, Roger ^a   McNabb, Alan ^a   Colby, W D ^a,b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029963665     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.12.3075-3084.1996     Document Type: Article

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