The Evolutionary Ecology of Escherichia coli

American Scientist

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 332-341

  Souza, Valeria ^a,b,d   Castillo, Amanda ^a   Eguiarte, Luis E ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Lab of Molec and Exp Evolution   (Mexico)

^c UNAM ^*

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

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ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 2242434569     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2002.4.332     Document Type: Article

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