Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Mycoplasme genitalium: A comparison of two closely related bacterial species

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 572-579

  Herrmann, Richard ^a   Reiner, Berta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0032173602     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(98)80091-X     Document Type: Article

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