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Jesus A Romo1, Carol A Kumamoto1

  • 1Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA.

Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland)
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Candidaadhesioncolonizationcommensalismgastrointestinalmycobiome

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