Evolving gene clusters in soil bacteria

Prokaryotic Diversity: Mechanisms and Significance: Published for the Society for General Microbiology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 201-222

  Morningstar, A ^a   Gaze, W H ^a   Tolba, S ^a   Wellington, E M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511754913.014     Document Type: Chapter

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