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Rapid and effective method for the separation of Bacillus subtilis vegetative cells and spores

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This work was supported by the Institutional Research Concept MSM0021620858. The authors thank Radovan Fišer for the technical assistance and professor Jaroslav Spížek for critical reading of the manuscript.

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    Gabriela Seydlová & Jaroslava Svobodová

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Seydlová, G., Svobodová, J. Rapid and effective method for the separation of Bacillus subtilis vegetative cells and spores. Folia Microbiol 57, 455–457 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-012-0157-y

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