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Occurrence and characterization of Paenibacillus sp. isolated from rabbits

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This work was supported by the projects VEGA 2/0002/11 and 2/0004/14. We are grateful to Mrs. Margita Bodnárová for her skillful technical assistance and to Dr. V. Kmeť for the phylogenetic tree construction.

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Simonová, M.P., Kmeť, V. & Lauková, A. Occurrence and characterization of Paenibacillus sp. isolated from rabbits. Folia Microbiol 60, 97–101 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-014-0345-z

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