Bacterial toxins: a table of lethal amounts.
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Bacterial toxins: a table of lethal amounts.
............................................................. SELECTION OF DATA AND SOURCES OF ERROR......................... THE TABLE ............................................................. DISCUSSION. .. ......................................................... Relevance to Possible Cloning of Genes Coding for Toxins.................... Recommended Containment Levels for Cloning .........
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عنوان ژورنال: Microbiological Reviews
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0146-0749
DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.46.1.86-94.1982