Effect of desiccation on the ultrastructural appearances of Acinetobacter baumannii and Acinetobacter lwoffii

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 786-788

  Houang, Elizabeth T S ^a   Sormunen, Raija T ^a   Lai, Luisau ^a   Chan, C Y ^a   Leong, Anthony S Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Acinetobacter lwoffii; Desiccation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DESICCATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII;

EID: 0031724845     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.51.10.786     Document Type: Article

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