Extracellular product(s) of Staphylococcus aureus stimulate their own growth

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 289, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 339-345

  Sakata, Noriaki ^a   Usui, Yukio ^a,b   Kogure, Tadahisa ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Aobagakuen Junior College   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033167325     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(99)80072-3     Document Type: Article

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