Colonial morphotypes and biofilm forming ability of Burkholderia pseudomallei

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 428-433

  Koh, S F ^a   Tay, S T ^a   Puthucheary, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BLOOD; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MELIOIDOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; STAINING; SUPPURATION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; BLOOD; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS; PHENOTYPE; STAINING AND LABELING; SUPPURATION;

EID: 84884808946     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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