The Genus Bacillus

Practical Handbook of Microbiology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 309-337

  Zeigler, Daniel R ^a   Perkins, John B ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DSM RESOLVE   (Netherlands)

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