Haemolytic activity of Mycobacterium spp.

Acta Microbiologica Polonica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 377-385

  Brzychcy, Marzena ^a   Andrzejczyk, Zofia ^b   Zalewska, Natalia ^b   Zwolska, Zofia ^b   Rudnicka, Wiesława ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b Instytute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; HEMOLYSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPLEEN; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BCG VACCINE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPLEEN; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031297717     PISSN: 01371320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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