Report of the ad hoc committee for the re-evaluation of the species definition in bacteriology.

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• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

• Publication date

  2002-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1099/00207713-52-3-1043PMID 12054223
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