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Stimulation of biofilm formation by antibiotics

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  1. Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7, k. 2, Moscow, 117312, Russia

    E. A. Strelkova, M. V. Zhurina, V. K. Plakunov & S. S. Belyaev

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Original Russian Text © E.A. Strelkova, M.V. Zhurina, V.K. Plakunov, S.S. Belyaev, 2012, published in Mikrobiologiya, 2012, Vol. 81, No. 2, pp. 282–285.

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Strelkova, E.A., Zhurina, M.V., Plakunov, V.K. et al. Stimulation of biofilm formation by antibiotics. Microbiology 81, 259–262 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261712020142

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