A review: The genus Rhodococcus

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-210

  Bell, K S ^a   Philp, J C ^a   Aw, D W J ^a   Christofi, N ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS; SEROLOGY; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032134914     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.00525.x     Document Type: Review

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