Isolation, identification, and molecular characterization of strains of Photorhabdus luminescens from infected humans in Australia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3647-3653

  Peel, Margaret M ^a   Alfredson, David A ^b   Gerrard, John G ^b   Davis, Jennifer M ^a   Robson, Jennifer M ^c   McDougall, Rodney J ^c   Scullie, Barry L ^d   Akhurst, Raymond J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SULLIVAN NICOLAIDES PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^d MELBOURNE PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DEIMINASE; CITRIC ACID; NITRATE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYSIS; NEMATODE; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES; XENORHABDUS;

PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS;

EID: 0032836790     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.11.3647-3653.1999     Document Type: Article

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