Oxidative metabolic profiles of Brucella strains isolated from marine mammals: Contribution to their species classification

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 270, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 245-249

  Jacques, Isabelle ^a,b   Grayon, Maggy ^a   Verger, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UR1282   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Brucella; Classification; Marine strains; Oxidative metabolism

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA CETACEAE; BRUCELLA PINNIPEDIA; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CETACEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST; MARINE MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; CETACEA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PINNIPEDIA; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA CETACEAE; BRUCELLA PINNIPEDIAE; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 34247102800     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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