Bacteriophage-encoded shiga toxin gene in atypical bacterial host

Gut Pathogens

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Casas, Veronica ^a   Sobrepeña, Gerico ^a   Rodriguez Mueller, Beltran ^a   Ahtye, Justine ^a   Maloy, Stanley R ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80755126943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17574749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-4749-3-10     Document Type: Article

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