A rapid biochemical test to aid identification of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides small colony (SC) strains

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 70-74

  Rice, P ^a   Houshaymi, B M ^a   Nicholas, R A J ^b   Miles, R J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL TESTS; COLORED PRODUCTS; GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; GLUCOSIDASE; MEASUREMENTS OF; MYCOIDES CLUSTERS; OXYGEN UPTAKE; P-NITROPHENOL; RAPID TEST; SEROGROUPS;

4 NITROPHENOL; AGAR; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; MALTOSE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; COLOR; HYDROLYSIS; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA CAPRICOLUM; MYCOPLASMA CAPRICOLUM SUBSP. CAPRICOLUM; MYCOPLASMA CAPRICOLUM SUBSP. CAPRIPNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES SUBSP. CAPRI; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES SUBSP. MYCOIDES; NEGIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0034098520     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765x.2000.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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