Corynebacterium riegelii sp. nov., an unusual species isolated from female patients with urinary tract infections

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 624-627

  Funke, Guido ^a   Lawson, Paul A ^b   Collins, Matthew D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUCOSE; MALTOSE; RIBOSOME RNA; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0031891584     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.3.624-627.1998     Document Type: Article

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