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. 1952 Mar;16(1):1–29. doi: 10.1128/br.16.1.1-29.1952

THE GRAM STAIN

James W Bartholomew 1, Tod Mittwer 1
PMCID: PMC180726  PMID: 14925025

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Selected References

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