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Editorial: Methods in biofilms: 2022

Romain Briandet¹, Nuno Cerca²

¹Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Jouy-en-Josas, France.

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

|August 21, 2023

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