How bacteria recycle their packaging: Murein degradation and recycling;Wie bakterien ihre verpackung wiederverwerten: Mureinabbau und recycling

BioSpektrum

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 616-619

  Mayer, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 27544500843     PISSN: 09470867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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