Short communication: In vitro antimicrobial susceptibility of Prototheca wickerhamii and Prototheca zopfii isolated from bovine mastitis

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4202-4204

  Marques, S ^a   Silva, E ^a   Carvalheira, J ^a,b   Thompson, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Bovine mastitis; Prototheca

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; PROTOTHECA; PROTOTHECA WICKERHAMII; PROTOTHECA ZOPFII;

EID: 33750600852     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72465-1     Document Type: Article

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