Fatty acid characterization of rapidly growing pathogenic aerobic actinomycetes as a means of identification

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1361-1368

  McNabb, Alan ^a   Shuttleworth, Roger ^a   Behme, Ronald ^a,b   Colby, W David ^a,b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030915099     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.6.1361-1368.1997     Document Type: Article

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