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Comprehensive Compositional Analysis of Plant Cell Walls (Lignocellulosic biomass) Part II: Carbohydrates
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Carbohydrate composition of the isolated cell walls of dermatophytes

T Noguchi, Y Banno, T Watanabe

    Mycopathologia
    |April 30, 1975
    PubMed

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