Abstract:
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Appl Environ Microbioljournal_title
Applied and environmental microbiologyauthors
Kumagai T,Ozawa T,Tanimoto M,Noda M,Matoba Y,Sugiyama Mdoi
10.1128/AEM.02187-15subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-11-01 00:00:00pages
7881-7issue
22eissn
0099-2240issn
1098-5336pii
AEM.02187-15journal_volume
81pub_type
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