Optimization of culture conditions to obtain maximal growth of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Restrepo, Andrea V ^a   Salazar, Beatriz E ^a   Agudelo, María ^a   Rodriguez, Carlos A ^a   Zuluaga, Andres F ^a   Vesga, Omar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE OPTIMIZATION; GROWTH CURVE; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PH; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 23044434063     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-5-34     Document Type: Article

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