Biofilm formation by the small colony variant phenotype of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Microbiology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1462-2912,1462-2920
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00618.x