Survival of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis Frozen in Skim Milk-Tryptone-Glucose- Glycerol Medium

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 412-414

  Kaijalainen, Tarja ^a   Ruokokoski, Esa ^b   Ukkonen, Pentti ^b   Herva, Elja ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CULTURE MEDIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; MILK; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MILK; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; PEPTONES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE A; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0345832000     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.1.412-414.2004     Document Type: Article

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