Legionella spp. in Puerto Rico cooling towers
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Legionella spp. in Puerto Rico cooling towers.
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0099-2240,1098-5336
DOI: 10.1128/aem.54.10.2331-2334.1988