Structural organization of the Streptococcus pneumoniae chromosome and relatedness of penicillin-sensitive and -resistant strains in type 9V

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-72

  Gasc, Anne Marie ^a   Giammarinaro, Philippe ^a   Ton Hoang, Bao ^a   Geslin, Pierre ^b   Van Der Giezen, Mark ^c   Sicard, Michel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENEM DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN V;

BACTERIAL GENE; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031000620     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1997.3.65     Document Type: Review

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