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. 1957 Apr;65(4):700–708. doi: 10.1042/bj0650700

α∈-Diaminopimelic acid metabolism and sporulation in Bacillus sphaericus

Joan F Powell 1, R E Strange 1
PMCID: PMC1199940  PMID: 13426088

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