Identification of Lactococcus garvieae by PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 983-985

  Zlotkin, Amir ^a   Eldar, Avi ^b   Ghittino, Claudio ^c   Bercovier, Herve ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^c Liguria and Valle D'Aosta   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; FISH; LACTOCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; ZOONOSIS;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ENTEROCOCCUS SERIOLICIDA; LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE;

EID: 0031920184     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.4.983-985.1998     Document Type: Article

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