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. 1954 Oct;58(2):268–278. doi: 10.1042/bj0580268

The formation of urocanic acid and glutamic acid in the fermentation of histidine by Clostridium tetanomorphum

R L Wickremasinghe 1, B A Fry 1
PMCID: PMC1269884  PMID: 13208585

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