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Somasundaram, C., Nicklas, W. & Matzku, S. Use of ciprofloxacin and bm-cyclin in mycoplasma decontamination. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol - Animal 28, 708–710 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02631057
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