Cooperative haemolysis between weakly beta-haemolytic human intestinal spirochaetes and Staphylococcus aureus

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 286, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 473-486

  Calderaro, Adriana ^a   Dettori, Giuseppe ^a   Grillo, Rita ^b   Cattani, Paola ^b   Spinetti, Anna Pia ^a   Incerti, Silvia Storchi ^a   Chezzi, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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EID: 0031278907     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(97)80050-3     Document Type: Article

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