Yersiniae other than Y. enterocolitica, Y. pseudotuberculosis, and Y. pestis: The ignored species

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 497-513

  Sulakvelidze, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical significance; Pathogenicity; Yersinia enterocolitica like species; Yersiniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES; TAXONOMY; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA ALDOVAE; YERSINIA BERCOVIERI; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA FREDERIKSENII; YERSINIA INTERMEDIA; YERSINIA KRISTENSENII; YERSINIA MOLLARETII; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA ROHDEI; YERSINIA RUCKERI;

EID: 0034129490     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(00)00311-7     Document Type: Review

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