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Environ. Biosafety Res.
Volume 6, Number 1-2, January-June 2007
Thematic Issue on Horizontal Gene Transfer
Page(s) 113 - 119
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2007025
Published online 20 September 2007
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