Mechanism of Thermal Death of Bacterial Spores: Electron-microscopic Observations

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Journal Folia Microbiol (Praha)

Publisher Springer

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1972 Jan 1

PMID 4118610

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Authors

A Prokop

A E Humphrey

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