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Gordon, D.M., Oliver, E., Littlefield-Wyer, J. (2007). The Diversity of Bacteriocins in Gram-Negative Bacteria. In: Riley, M.A., Chavan, M.A. (eds) Bacteriocins. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-36604-1_2
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