Bacterial polysaccharide capsules

Prokaryotic Cell Wall Compounds: Structure and Biochemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 111-132

  Corbett, David ^a   Hudson, Thomas ^a   Roberts, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-05062-6_3     Document Type: Chapter

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