What happened to the streptococci: Overview of taxonomic and nomenclature changes

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 613-630

  Facklam, Richard ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI ZOOEPIDEMICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS; CLASSIFICATION; NOMENCLATURE;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. ZOOEPIDEMICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

STREPTOCOCCUS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0036779816     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.15.4.613-630.2002     Document Type: Review

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