The genus bacteroides

The Prokaryotes: Other Major Lineages of Bacteria and The Archaea

Volumn 9783642389542, Issue , 2014, Pages 459-484

  Wexler, Hannah M ^a,b  

^a GLAVAHCS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Bacteroides

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EID: 84930257307     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_129     Document Type: Chapter

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