Peculiarities in the structure of chromosomal DNAs from Thiobacillus ferrooxidans strains adapted to growth on media with pyrite or elemental sulfur

Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 591-596

  Kondrat'eva, T F ^a   Pivovarova, T A ^a   Karavaiko, G I ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

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