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Jorge L González-Escobar1, Alicia Grajales-Lagunes2, Adam Smoliński3

  • 1IPICyT, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, A.C. Camino a la Presa San Jose No. 2055, Lomas 4a sección, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí 78216, Mexico.

Food Research International (Ottawa, Ont.)
|May 28, 2018
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16S rRNA geneAntBacteriocytesLarvaeMALDI-biotypingMicrobiota

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