Five Biovars of Yersinia enterocolitica Delineated by Numerical Taxonomy
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0020-7713,1465-2102
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-32-3-275