Molecular biology of the symbiotic-pathogenic bacteria Xenorhabdus spp. and Photorhabdus spp.

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Published in Microbiol Rev on March 01, 1996

Authors

S Forst1, K Nealson

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1: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53201, USA. sforst@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu

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