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The structure of flagella and the genetic control of flagellation in Eubacteriales. A review

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Joys, T.M. The structure of flagella and the genetic control of flagellation in Eubacteriales. A review. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 34, 205–225 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02046432

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