Gene analysis of clostridia

Handbook on Clostridia

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 53-70

  Tummala, Seshu B ^a   Tomas, Christopher A ^a   Papoutsakis, Eleftherios T ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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