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. 1995 Dec;33(12):3368–3369. doi: 10.1128/jcm.33.12.3368-3369.1995

Identification of Enterococcus faecalis strains by DNA hybridization and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.

T M Coque, B E Murray
PMCID: PMC228716  PMID: 8586745

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