Quorum-sensing and virulence in foodborne pathogens

Understanding Pathogen Behaviour

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 549-597

  Griffiths, Mansel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1533/9781845690229.4.549     Document Type: Chapter

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