Rapid testing for nitrate reductase activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis grown in an automated culture system

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 444-446

  Meyer, A ^a   Sedlacek, L ^a   Bange, F C ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED CULTURE SYSTEM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY TEST; LIQUID CULTURE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0042661044     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-0932-4     Document Type: Article

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