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Nucleic Acids and Proteins in Soil

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    Anne Mercier, Elisabeth Kay & Pascal Simonet

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Mercier, A., Kay, E., Simonet, P. (2006). Horizontal Gene Transfer by Natural Transformation in Soil Environment. In: Nannipieri, P., Smalla, K. (eds) Nucleic Acids and Proteins in Soil. Soil Biology, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29449-X_15

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