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Fluorescence Microscopy Methods for Determining the Viability of Bacteria in Association with Mammalian Cells
Published on: September 5, 2013
[Viability of Streptococcus pyogenes on culture swabs]
Enfermedades Infecciosas Y Microbiologia Clinica
|May 1, 1997
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