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Main Authors: Alejandro Belanche, Charles J. Newbold, Wanchang Lin, Pauline Rees Stevens, Alison H. Kingston-Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01456/full