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RESPONSE OF CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS SPORES AND VEGETATIVE CELLS TO TEMPERATURE VARIATION

J C CANADA, D H STRONG, L G SCOTT

    Applied Microbiology
    |May 1, 1964
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNICSCLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENSCULTURE MEDIAEXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDYTEMPERATURE

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