A study of the enzymatic profile of soil isolates of Nocardia asteroides

Mycopathologia

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 151-154

  Khan, Z U ^a   Chugh, T D ^a   Chandy, R ^a   Provost, F ^b   Boiron, P ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

API ZYM system; Enzymatic profile; Nocardia identification; Nocardia in Kuwait; Nocardia in soil

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; CYTINE ARYLAMIDASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTERASE; LEUCINE ARYLAMIDASE; O NITROPHENYL BETA DEXTRO GALACTOPYRANOSIDE; PHOSPHATASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TRYPSIN; VALINE ARYLAMIDASE;

ESTERASES; HUMANS; HYDROLASES; KUWAIT; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES;

EID: 0032416987     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006901230367     Document Type: Article

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