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R M Sayre

    Journal of Nematology
    |March 21, 2009
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    Bacillus thuringiensisClostridium butyricumDesulfovibrio desulfuricansDuboscqiaPasteuria ramosaPseudomonas denitrificansrickettsia

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