Further search for virulence factors encoded by Salmonella serovar-specific plasmids

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 286, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-82

  Glöckner, Susanne ^a   Streckel, Wiebke ^b   Struy, Heinz ^a   Fruth, Angelika ^b   Morenz, Joachim ^a   Tschäpe, Helmut ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

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EID: 0031171179     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(97)80079-5     Document Type: Article

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