Re-speciation of the original reference strains of serovars in the Citrobacter freundii (Bethesda-Ballerup group) antigenic scheme of West and Edwards

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 915-921

  Miki, Kanji ^a   Tamura, Kazumichi ^b   Sakazaki, Riichi ^b,d   Kosako, Yoshimasa ^c  

^a KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^d Japan Inst of Biological Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bethesda Ballerup group; Citrobacter freundii complex

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER BRAAKII; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CITROBACTER WERKMANII; CITROBACTER YOUNGAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAFNIA ALVEI;

EID: 0030443527     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb01160.x     Document Type: Article

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