Classic and molecular methodologies for the identification of Enterococcus species;Metodología clásica y molecular en la identificación de especies de Enterococcus spp

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-49

  Sepúlveda A, Marcela ^a   Bello T, Helia ^a   Ruiz C, Mery ^a   Hormazábal F, José ^a   Domínguez Y, Mariana ^a   González R, Gerardo ^a   Mella M, Sergio ^a   Zemelman Z, Raúl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Enterococcus; Enterococcus f calis; Enterococcus f cium; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 17644430350     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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