Plasmid carriage in structured environments 4 5
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* Corresponding author. 15 The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3SR, UK. 16 Tel: 00 44 (0)1865 281 630 17 Fax: 00 44 (0)1865 281 696 18 E-mail: [email protected] 19 AC CE PT ED Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology and/or the Listed Authors/Institutions. All Rights Reserved. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/AEM.02383-07 AEM Accepts, published online ahead of print on 31 March 2008
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