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abkBA toxin-antitoxin system may act as antipersister modules in Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates

Fatemeh Latifi1, Ali Hashemi2, Behrooz S Kalani1

  • 1Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ilam University of Medical Science, Ilam, Iran.

Future Microbiology
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