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. 1957 Feb;73(2):220–224. doi: 10.1128/jb.73.2.220-224.1957

REDUCTIVE DEGRADATION OF PYRIMIDINES I. , Clostridium uracilicumNov. spec.

The Isolation and Characterization of a Uracil Fermenting Bacterium1

L Leon Campbell Jr a
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