Biological activities specified by antibiotic resistance plasmids*
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
سال: 1986
ISSN: 1460-2091,0305-7453
DOI: 10.1093/jac/18.supplement_c.1