A biochemical protocol for the differentiation of current genomospecies of Aeromonas

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-46

  Jane Oakey, H ^a   Ellis, John T ^a   Gibson, Lewis F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 9544244754     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0934-8840(96)80151-4     Document Type: Article

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