Bacteriocins as alternative agents for control of multiresistant staphylococcal strains
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عنوان ژورنال: Letters in Applied Microbiology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0266-8254,1365-2673
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2005.01832.x