Clostridium

Molecular Detection of Human Bacterial Pathogens

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 367-379

  Córdoba, Juan J ^a   Aranda, Emilio ^a   Córdoba, María G ^a   Benito, María J ^a   Liu, Dongyou ^b   Rodríguez, Mar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia   (Australia)

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