Virulence determinants, drug resistance and mobile genetic elements of Laribacter hongkongensis: A genome-wide analysis

Cell and Bioscience

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Lau, Susanna K P ^a,b   Wong, Gilman K M ^b   Tsang, Alan K L ^b   Teng, Jade L L ^b   Fan, Rachel Y Y ^b   Tse, Herman ^a,b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,b   Woo, Patrick C Y ^a,b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LARIBACTER HONGKONGENSIS;

EID: 80052887983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20453701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-3701-1-17     Document Type: Article

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