Morphological analysis of the sheathed flagellum of Brucella melitensis

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ferooz, Jonathan ^a,b   Letesson, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS;

EID: 78649799486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-333     Document Type: Article

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