High levels of genetic recombination during nasopharyngeal carriage and biofilm formation in streptococcus pneumoniae

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Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Marks, Laura R ^a   Reddinger, Ryan M ^a   Hakansson, Anders P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 84868338851     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00200-12     Document Type: Article

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