Biochemical diversity of Mycoplasma fermentans strains

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 177-181

  Ozcan, Sema Açkin ^a,b   Miles, Roger ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Merkez Efendi Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mycoplasma fermentans; Mycoplasma identification; Substrate metabolism

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL CULTURE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; KINETICS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SYNOVIAL FLUID; URINARY TRACT; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARGININE; CELL LINE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; URETHRA;

EID: 0032781918     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00209-8     Document Type: Article

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