Blood and charcoal added to acidified agar media promote the growth of Mycobacterium genavense

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-50

  Realini, Laurence ^a   De Ridder, Karin ^a   Hirschel, Bernard ^a   Portaels, Françoise ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CASEIN; CHARCOAL; PHOSPHORIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM GENAVENSE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; YEAST;

AGAR; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BLOOD; CHARCOAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032934004     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(99)00014-0     Document Type: Article

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