The social lifestyle of myxobacteria

BioEssays

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1030-1038

  Koch, Arthur L ^a   White, David ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032436152     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199812)20:12<1030::AID-BIES9>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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