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Shih-Yi Sheu1, Yu-Wen Shiau1, Wen-Ming Chen2

  • 1Department of Marine Biotechnology, National Kaohsiung Marine University, No. 142, Hai-Chuan Rd. Nan-Tzu, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC.

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
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