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A comparison of the exo-penicillinases mediated by a chromosomal gene in a strain of Staphylococcus aureus PS 80 and by a plasmid gene in Staphylococcus aureus 8325

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

M. H. Richmond
Affiliation:
Department of Bacteriology, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TH
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