The Clostridium difficile spo0A Gene Is a Persistence and Transmission Factor

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Infection and Immunity

• Publication date

  2012-05-21

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1128/IAI.00147-12PMID 22615253PMCID PMC3434595
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