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Molecular Basis of Symbiosis pp 277–290Cite as

Roles of Bacterial Regulators in the Symbiosis between Vibrio fischeri and Euprymna scolopes

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    Kati Geszvain & Karen L. Visick

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Geszvain, K., Visick, K.L. (2005). Roles of Bacterial Regulators in the Symbiosis between Vibrio fischeri and Euprymna scolopes. In: Overmann, J. (eds) Molecular Basis of Symbiosis. Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology, vol 41. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28221-1_13

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