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. 1994 Jan;176(1):1–6. doi: 10.1128/jb.176.1.1-6.1994

The winds of (evolutionary) change: breathing new life into microbiology.

G J Olsen 1, C R Woese 1, R Overbeek 1
PMCID: PMC205007  PMID: 8282683

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