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Relationship of beta-lactamase production to growth phase inBacteroides species

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Eley, A., Greenwood, D. Relationship of beta-lactamase production to growth phase inBacteroides species. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. 4, 349–350 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02013670

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