Serotype variation in Streptococcus anginosus, S. constellatus and S. intermedius

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 435-439

  Inoue, M ^a   Eifuku Koreeda, Hiroko ^a   Kitada, K ^a   Takamatsu Matsushita, Nobumi ^a   Okada, Yasuko ^a   Osano, E ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNODIFFUSION; NONHUMAN; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI;

EID: 0031944845     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-47-5-435     Document Type: Article

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