Occurrence of extracellular hyaluronic acid and hyaluronatlyase in streptococci of groups A, B, C, and G

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 64-73

  Günther, Elisabeth ^a,b   Ozegowski, Jörg Hermann ^a   Köhler, Werner ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Inst fur Experimentelle Mikrobiol   (Germany)

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EID: 0030237871     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(96)80023-5     Document Type: Article

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