A model of efficiency: stress tolerance by Streptococcus mutans.

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Published in Microbiology on November 01, 2008

Authors

José A Lemos1, Robert A Burne

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1: Center for Oral Biology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA. Jose_Lemos@urmc.rochester.edu

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