Enzymatic profiling of clinical and environmental isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 160-168

  Liew, S M ^a   Tay, S T ^a   Wongratanacheewin, S ^b   Puthucheary, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MELIOIDOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY;

ADULT; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMES; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS;

EID: 84859034599     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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