Spent culture supernatant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra improves viability of aged cultures of this strain and allows small inocula to initiate growth

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 7626-7628

  Sun, Zhonghe ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THERMOSTABILITY;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032763726     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.24.7626-7628.1999     Document Type: Article

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