Extreme pleomorphism and the bacterial life cycle: a forgotten controversy

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 407-414

  Wainwright, Milton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001238967     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.1997.0038     Document Type: Article

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