Prototypal diarrheagenic strains of Hafnia alvei are actually members of the genus Escherichia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2399-2401

  Janda, J Michael ^a,c   Abbott, Sharon L ^a   Albert, M John ^b  

^a Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c Microbial Diseases Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALOTIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTYPOLOGY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAFNIA ALVEI; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAFNIA; HAFNIA ALVEI; NEGIBACTERIA; TURDUS;

EID: 0032794223     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.8.2399-2401.1999     Document Type: Article

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