Metabolism and physiology of Listeria monocytogenes

Listeria Monocytogenes: Pathogenesis and Host Response

Volumn 9780387493763, Issue , 2007, Pages 63-80

  Slaghuis, Jörg ^a   Joseph, Biju ^a   Goebel, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-49376-3_4     Document Type: Chapter

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