Nannobacteria

Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-138

  Vainshtein, M B ^a   Kudryashova, E B ^a  

^a SKRYABIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Filterable forms; Nannobacteria; Nannocells; Nanobacteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000502312     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02756186     Document Type: Article

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