Constitutive fatty acid and enzyme profiles of Mycobacterium species

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 336-345

  Teng, Lee Jene ^a,b   Liaw, Shwu Jen ^a,b   Hsueh, Po Ren ^b   Fan, Jui Hua ^b   Luh, Kwen Tay ^b   Ho, Shen Wu ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Enzyme profile; Fatty acids; Mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0030944144     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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