Urease production in Nocardia asteroides

Biomedical Letters

Volumn 56, Issue 222, 1997, Pages 75-79

  Gunasekaran, M ^a   Gunasekaran, U ^a   Speights Floyd, S ^a   Manavathu, E ^b  

^a FISK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Cultural conditions; Nocardia asteroides; Urease

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039415667     PISSN: 0961088X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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