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. 1988 Nov;32(11):1609–1613. doi: 10.1128/aac.32.11.1609

Bacterial adhesion: modulation by antibiotics with primary targets other than protein synthesis.

D M Schifferli 1, E H Beachey 1
PMCID: PMC175937  PMID: 2472773

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