Rapid polyvalent screening for large-scale environmental Spiroplasma surveys;Triagem rápida para pesquisa ambiental de larga escala de Spiroplasma

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 663-669

  French, Frank E ^a   Whitcomb, Robert F ^b   Williamson, David L ^c   Regassa, Laura B ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformation test; Mollicutes; Serology; Spiroplasma

Indexed keywords

MOLLICUTES; SPIROPLASMA;

EID: 70349498969     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822009000300031     Document Type: Article

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