Biofilms of clinical strains of Staphylococcus that do not contain polysaccharide intercellular adhesin
✍ Scribed by Grigorij Kogan; Irina Sadovskaya; Philippe Chaignon; Ali Chokr; Saïd Jabbouri
- Book ID
- 109329111
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 205 KB
- Volume
- 255
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0378-1097
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