Antibiotics: Mode of Action, Mechanisms of Resistance, and Transfer

Microbial Food Safety in Animal Agriculture: Current Topics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 45-56

  Keyes, Kathleen ^a   Lee, Margie D ^a   Maurer, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1002/9780470752616.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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