Secretion systems and metabolism in the pathogenic yersiniae

Advances in Molecular and Cellular Microbiology: Stress Response in Pathogenic Bacteria

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 182-220

  Francis, Matthew S ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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