Effect of thermal treatment on free-living amoeba inactivation
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Pathogenic Free-living Amoeba
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Applied Microbiology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1364-5072
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12379