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Symbioses between Bacteria and Gutless Marine Oligochaetes

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Molecular Basis of Symbiosis

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    Nicole Dubilier, Anna Blazejak & Caroline Rühland

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Dubilier, N., Blazejak, A., Rühland, C. (2005). Symbioses between Bacteria and Gutless Marine Oligochaetes. In: Overmann, J. (eds) Molecular Basis of Symbiosis. Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology, vol 41. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28221-1_12

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