Mycoplasma pulmonis Other Murine Mycoplasmas, and Cilia-Associated Respiratory Bacillus

The Mouse in Biomedical Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 437-468

  Schoeb, Trenton R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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