Genotypic and phenotypic analysis of Mycoplasma fermentans strains isolated from different host tissues

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1371-1377

  Campo, Laura ^a   Larocque, Patrick ^a   La Malfa, Tiziana ^a   Blackburn, Warren D ^b   Watson, Harold L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMATALES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031970370     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.5.1371-1377.1998     Document Type: Article

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