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Virulence of Acinetobacter baumannii in proteins moonlighting

A S Smiline Girija1, Pitchaipillai Sankar Ganesh2

  • 1Department of Microbiology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Chennai, Tamilnadu, 600077, India. smilinejames25@gmail.com.

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