Burkholderia, Stenotrophomonas, Ralstonia, Cupriavidus, Pandoraea, Brevundimonas, Comamonas, Delftia, and Acidovorax

Manual of Clinical Microbiology: Tenth Edition

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2022, Pages 692-713

  Lipuma, John J ^a   Currie, Bart J ^b   Peacock, Sharon J ^c   Vandamme, Peter A R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acidovorax; Brevundimonas; Burkholderia; Comamonas; Cupriavidus; Delftia; Pandoraea; Ralstonia; Stenotrophomonas

Indexed keywords

EID: 85188868619     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555816728.ch41     Document Type: Chapter

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