Catalase-positive Eikenella corrodens and Eikenella-like isolates of human and canine origin

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 288, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 319-329

  Kasten, Robert ^a   Mutters, Reinier ^a   Mannheim, Walter ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CATALASE; CHROMOSOMAL DNA; ENZYME ISOLATION; HYDROLASE; SPECTROMETRY;

EIKENELLA CORRODENS;

EID: 0032214431     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(98)80003-0     Document Type: Article

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