Isolation and characterization of a nonfluorescent strain of Legionella parisiensis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2877-2878

  Igel, Liane ^a   Helbig, Jürgen Herbert ^a   Lück, Paul Christian ^a  

^a Institute of Clinical Microbiology and Hygiene   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; MACROLIDE; NUCLEOTIDE; QUINOLONE; RIBOSOME RNA; RIFAMPICIN;

BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PARISIENSIS; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; FATTY ACIDS; FLUORESCENCE; LEGIONELLA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PARISIENSIS;

EID: 2942529009     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2877-2878.2004     Document Type: Letter

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