Differentiation between Streptococcus gallolyticus strains of human clinical and veterinary origins and Streptococcus bovis strains from the intestinal tracts of ruminants

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3520-3523

  Devriese, Luc A ^a   Vandamme, Peter ^a,b   Pot, Bruno ^a   Vanrobaeys, Mia ^a   Kersters, Karel ^a   Haesebrouck, Freddy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BOVIDS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GALLOLYTICUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVIDAE; COLUMBA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GALLOLYTICUS;

EID: 0031784950     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.12.3520-3523.1998     Document Type: Article

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