Isolation of new fastidious α Proteobacteria and Afipia felis from hospital water supplies by direct plating and amoebal co-culture procedures

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-137

  La Scola, Bernard ^a   Barrassi, Lina ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Proteobacteria; Afipia; Amoebal co culture; Water

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; AFIPIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL; LEGIONELLA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

AFIPIA; AFIPIA FELIS; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; FELIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033709018     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(00)00084-2     Document Type: Article

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