Small-colony variant selection as a survival strategy for Staphylococcus aureus in the presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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Published in Appl Environ Microbiol on August 28, 2009

Authors

Lalitha Biswas1, Raja Biswas, Martin Schlag, Ralph Bertram, Friedrich Götz

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1: Institute of Microbial Genetics, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.

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