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Peter V Evseev1, Anna A Lukianova1,2, Mikhail M Shneider1

  • 1Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997 Moscow, Russia.

Microorganisms
|November 4, 2020
PubMed

Keywords:
AutographiviridaePectobacteriumevolutionhorizontal transferphagephage therapytail spike

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