NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE. I. VIRULENCE GENETICALLY LINKED TO CLONAL VARIATION.

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Published in J Bacteriol on June 01, 1963

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D S KELLOGG, W L PEACOCK, W E DEACON, L BROWN, D I PIRKLE

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