The challenge of growing oral spirochaetes

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 104-116

  Wardle, Helen M ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIROCHETE;

EID: 0031039748     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-46-2-104     Document Type: Review

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