Use of colony morphology to distinguish different enterococcal strains and species in mixed culture from clinical specimens.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on June 01, 2003

Authors

Shabnam Qamer1, Jonathan A T Sandoe, Kevin G Kerr

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, University of Leeds, United Kingdom.

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