Dependence of Mycobacterium bovis BCG on anaerobic nitrate reductase for persistence is tissue specific.

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Published in Infect Immun on January 01, 2002

Authors

Christian Fritz1, Silvia Maass, Andreas Kreft, Franz-Christoph Bange

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1: Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical School Hannover, 30625 Hannover, Germany.

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