Plasmids of Staphylococcus cohnii isolated from the intensive-care unit

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-131

  Szewczyk, E M ^a   Rozalska M ^a   Cieslikowski T ^b   Nowak, T ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII;

EID: 2542536205     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02931385     Document Type: Article

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