An identification scheme for rapidly and aerobically growing Gram- positive rods

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 284, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 246-254

  Von Graevenitz, Alexander ^a   Funke, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0030199009     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(96)80100-9     Document Type: Article

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