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Inactivation of virginiamycin by Aureobasidium pullulans

Timothy D Leathers1, Joseph O Rich2, Melinda S Nunnally2

  • 1Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA. Tim.Leathers@ars.usda.gov.

Biotechnology Letters
|October 18, 2017
PubMed
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Keywords:
Aureobasidium pullulansInactivationPhylogenyVirginiamycin

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