Identification of Enterococcus spp. with a biochemical key

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 4425-4430

  Manero, Albert ^a   Blanch, Anicet R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032880242     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.10.4425-4430.1999     Document Type: Article

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