Tinctorial properties of spherical bodies in broth cultures of Nocardia asteroides GUH-2

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 151-157

  Kohbata, Shunro ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid fast stain; Acridine orange stain; Gram stain; Nocardiae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; GRAM STAINING; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES;

EID: 0031898598     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02265.x     Document Type: Article

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