High homogeneity of the Yersinia pestis fatty acid composition

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1545-1551

  Leclercq, Alexandre ^a   Guiyoule, Annie ^b   El Lioui, Mohamed ^a   Carniel, Elisabeth ^b   Decallonne, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LIPID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CLASSIFICATION; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034001645     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.4.1545-1551.2000     Document Type: Article

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