Laboratory growth and maintenance of streptococcus pyogenes (The Group A Streptococcus, GAS)

Current Protocols in Microbiology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.30, 2013, Pages

  Gera, Kanika ^a   McIver, Kevin S ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemically defined medium; Facultative anaerobe; Firmicute; Streptococcus pyogenes; The Group A Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; GROWTH CURVE; INCUBATION TIME; LIQUID CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; CHEMICALLY DEFINED MEDIUM; FACULTATIVE ANAEROBE; FIRMICUTE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRESERVATION; THE GROUP A STREPTOCOCCUS;

CHEMICALLY DEFINED MEDIUM; FACULTATIVE ANAEROBE; FIRMICUTE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THE GROUP A STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84891615003     PISSN: 19348525     EISSN: 19348533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/9780471729259.mc09d02s30     Document Type: Article

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