Serotyping of clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii and genospecies 13 capable of growth at 44 °C: Detection of four new serovars

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 288, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-180

  Traub, Walter H ^a,b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

EID: 0032190799     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0934-8840(98)80036-4     Document Type: Article

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