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. 1988 Jul;170(7):2891–2897. doi: 10.1128/jb.170.7.2891-2897.1988

Crystalline surface layers in procaryotes.

U B Sleytr 1, P Messner 1
PMCID: PMC211226  PMID: 3290191

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