Bacterial Cell Wall Morphology and Biochemistry

Practical Handbook of Microbiology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 159-189

  Suvorov, Maxim ^a   Fisher, Jed F ^a   Mobashery, Shahriar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420009330-20     Document Type: Chapter

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