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Physical Isolation of Endospores from Environmental Samples by Targeted Lysis of Vegetative Cells
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Physical Isolation of Endospores from Environmental Samples by Targeted Lysis of Vegetative Cells

Published on: January 21, 2016

[Biological activity of a polar lipid of Clostridium butyricum spores]

G P Gaenko, V I Duda, T V Koronelli

    Mikrobiologiia
    |September 1, 1986
    PubMed

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