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Subinhibitory concentrations of thymol reduce enterotoxins A and B and alpha-hemolysin production in Staphylococcus

Jiazhang Qiu1, Dacheng Wang, Hua Xiang

  • 1Institute of Zoonoses, College of Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun Jilin, People's Republic of China.

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