Usefulness of fatty acid composition for differentiation of Legionella species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2248-2254

  Diogo, Alexandra ^a   Veríssimo, António ^a   Nobre, M Fernanda ^a   Da Costa, Milton S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENOME; LEGIONELLA; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

LEGIONELLA BOZEMANII; LEGIONELLA DUMOFFII; LEGIONELLA FEELEII; LEGIONELLA GORMANII; LEGIONELLA MACEACHERNII; LEGIONELLA MICDADEI; LEGIONELLA QUINLIVANII;

EID: 0344654751     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.7.2248-2254.1999     Document Type: Article

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