Novel role for Aeromonas jandaei as digestive-tract symbiont of North American medicinal leeches
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*Corresponding author. Mailing address: Mark E. Siddall Associate Curator Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024 212 769 5638 fax 212-769-5277 [email protected] CE PT ED Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology and/or the Listed Authors/Institutions. All Rights Reserved. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/AEM.01282-06 AEM Accepts, published online ahead of print on 17 November 2006
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تاریخ انتشار 2006