Influences of Capsule on Cell Shape and Chain Formation of Wild-Type and pcsB Mutants of Serotype 2 Streptococcus pneumoniae

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Journal of Bacteriology

• Publication date

  2009-03-06

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1128/JB.01505-08PMID 19270090PMCID PMC2681789
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