Identification of Gram-Positive Organisms

Practical Handbook of Microbiology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 53-66

  Colaninno, Peter M ^a  

^a ICON Central Laboratories   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420009330-12     Document Type: Chapter

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