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In Vitro Assay of Bacterial Adhesion onto Mammalian Epithelial Cells
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In Vitro Assay of Bacterial Adhesion onto Mammalian Epithelial Cells

Published on: May 16, 2011

[The adhesive and colonizing properties of Aerococcus viridans]

M L Gorbunova, T E Drozd, V K Koval'chuk

    Zhurnal Mikrobiologii, Epidemiologii I Immunobiologii
    |September 1, 1991
    PubMed

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