Haemolytic activity of the 'Streptococcus milleri group' and relationship between haemolysis restricted to human red blood cells and pathogenicity in S. intermedius

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-62

  Jacobs, J A ^a   Schot, C S ^b   Schouls, L M ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI;

STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI;

EID: 0033981417     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-49-1-55     Document Type: Article

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