Culturing, media, and handling of legionella

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 954, Issue , 2013, Pages 151-162

  Chatfield, Christa H ^a   Cianciotto, Nicholas P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BCYE; BYE; CDM; Complex media; Defined media; Iron; Legionella pneumophila; Protease; Siderophore; Type II protein secretion

Indexed keywords

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 84872094679     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-161-5_7     Document Type: Article

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