Microbes as menaces, mates & marvels

Daedalus

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 67-76

  Bassler, Bonnie L ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84863922680     PISSN: 00115266     EISSN: 15486192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/DAED_a_00162     Document Type: Article

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