Implication of horizontal transfers in genetic polymorphism of lactic acid bacteria

Sciences des Aliments

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-95

  Guédon, Gérard ^a   Bourgoin, Florence ^a   Burrus, Vincent ^a   Pluvinet, Arnaud ^a   Decaris, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034415579     PISSN: 02408813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/sda.20.85-95     Document Type: Article

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