Can a Symbiont (Also) Be Food?

Overview

Journal Front Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2019 Dec 3

PMID 31787946

Citations 2

Authors

Kim L Hoang

Levi T Morran

Nicole M Gerardo

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