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. 2025 Jan 7;13(1):e0136124.
doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01361-24. Epub 2024 Dec 9.

Complexities in species identification for Serratia marcescens complex for the modern microbiology laboratory

Susan A J Harch  1 , Frances Jenkins  1 , Rima Farhat  1 , Sebastiaan J van Hal  1
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Complexities in species identification for Serratia marcescens complex for the modern microbiology laboratory

Susan A J Harch et al. Microbiol Spectr. .
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Keywords: S. marcescens; mass spectrometry; species identification; whole-genome sequencing.

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