Phenotypic characteristics of human clinical and environmental Aeromonas in Western Australia

Pathology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 350-356

  Aravena Roman, Max ^a,b   Chang, Barbara J ^a   Riley, Thomas V ^a,b   Inglis, Timothy J J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Phenotype; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960966836     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAT.0b013e3283463592     Document Type: Article

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