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. 1963 Jun;87(3):512–519. doi: 10.1042/bj0870512

Cell walls of Propionibacterium species: fractionation and composition

Jennifer Allsop 1, Elizabeth Work 1
PMCID: PMC1201991  PMID: 14012195

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