Plasmid borne antibiotic resistance factors among indigenous Klebsiella

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 243-248

  Rasool, Sheikh Ajaz ^a   Ahmad, Afsheen ^a   Khan, Sadia ^a   Wahab, Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

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Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 1642447717     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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