Propionibacterium, Lactobacillus, Actinomyces, and other non-spore-forming anaerobic gram-positive rods

Manual of Clinical Microbiology: Tenth Edition

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2022, Pages 817-833

  Wade, William G ^a   Könönen, Eija ^b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

16SrRNA gene sequence analysis; Actinomyces; Etest; Lactobacillus; Non spore forming anaerobic gram positive organism; Propionibacterium

Indexed keywords

EID: 85188864063     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555816728.ch49     Document Type: Chapter

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