Ionic Germination of Spores of Bacillus Megaterium QM B 1551

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Journal Arch Mikrobiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1962 Jan 1

PMID 14038736

Citations 32

Authors

L J RODE

J W FOSTER

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