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Separation and characterization of enterotoxin and two haemolysins from Aeromonas hydrophila

A Ljungh, B Wretlind, R Möllby

    Acta Pathologica Et Microbiologica Scandinavica. Section B, Microbiology
    |December 1, 1981
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    Aeromonas hydrophila toxinsHaemolysin purificationEnterotoxin characterizationBacterial virulence factors

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