The effects of low-frequency ultrasound on Staphylococcus epidermidis

Current Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 194-196

  Singer, Adam J ^a   Coby, Christopher T ^a   Singer, Ayellet H ^a   Thode Jr , Henry C ^a   Tortora, George T ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ULTRASOUND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0032958189     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006786     Document Type: Article

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