Molecular-genetic evidence for the relationship of Mycobacterium leprae to slow-growing pathogenic mycobacteria.

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Published in Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis on September 01, 1988

Authors

J Smida1, J Kazda, E Stackebrandt

Author Affiliations

1: Institut für Allgemeine Mikrobiologie, Christian Albrechts Universität, Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany.

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