Proposal for a reliable enterococcal cytolysin production assay avoiding apparent incongruence between phenotype and genotype

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1122-1124

  Gaspar, F B ^a   Crespo, M T B ^a   Lopes, M F S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLYSIN;

ASSAY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ERYTHROCYTE; GENOTYPE; GOLD STANDARD; HEMOLYSIS; INFECTION; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; VIRULENCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; PERFORIN; VIRULENCE;

EID: 67650725848     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.006361-0     Document Type: Letter

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