Application of the gas chromatography-fatty acid methyl ester system for the identification of environmental and clinical isolates of the family micrococcaceae

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 543-

  Pendergrass, Stephanie M ^a   Jensen, Paul A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID ESTER;

ACCURACY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFECTION; MICROCOCCACEAE; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030810585     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1997.10390044     Document Type: Article

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