The genetic analysis of bacterial spore germination.

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Published in J Appl Bacteriol on September 01, 1994

Authors

A Moir1, E H Kemp, C Robinson, B M Corfe

Author Affiliations

1: Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, UK.

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