Recent approaches on the taxonomy of the enterococci and some related microorganisms

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 418, Issue , 1997, Pages 397-400

  Teixeira, Lúcia M ^a   Carvalho, Maria Da Gloria S ^a   Merquior, Vania L C ^a,b   Steigerwalt, Arnold G ^c   Teixeira, Maria Da Gloria M ^a   Brenner, Don J ^c   Facklam, Richard R ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0030798319     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1825-3_95     Document Type: Conference Paper

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