Australian isolates of Legionella longbeachae are not a clonal population

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3249-3254

  Montanaro Punzengruber, J C ^a   Hicks, L ^a   Meyer, W ^a   Gilbert, G L ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032865023     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3249-3254.1999     Document Type: Article

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