Nitrogen assimilation in clostridia

Handbook on Clostridia

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 239-260

  Reid, Sharon J ^a   Stutz, Helen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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