Bacterial toxicity of potassium tellurite: unveiling an ancient enigma.

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Published in PLoS One on February 14, 2007

Authors

José M Pérez1, Iván L Calderón, Felipe A Arenas, Derie E Fuentes, Gonzalo A Pradenas, Eugenia L Fuentes, Juan M Sandoval, Miguel E Castro, Alex O Elías, Claudio C Vásquez

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratorio de Microbiología Molecular, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

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