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Use of MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and a Custom Database to Characterize Bacteria Indigenous to a Unique Cave Environment (Kartchner Caverns, AZ, USA)
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Microbial petroleum degradation: application of computerized mass spectrometry

J D Walker, R R Colwell, L Petrakis

    Canadian Journal of Microbiology
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