The emerging impact of genomics on the development of biological weapons: Threats and benefits posed by engineered extremophiles

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 619-629

  Daly, M J ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACHROMOBACTER; ALCALIGENES; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTHROBACTER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOENGINEERING; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; VIBRIO; WEAPON;

EID: 0034835027     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0272-2712(18)30025-8     Document Type: Review

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