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. 1996 Dec;34(12):3251–3252. doi: 10.1128/jcm.34.12.3251-3252.1996

Misidentification of Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

J Wong, D Lindquist, M P Daugherty
PMCID: PMC229499  PMID: 8940489

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