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Clonal dynamics ofEscherichia coli in its natural habitat

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Whittam, T.S. Clonal dynamics ofEscherichia coli in its natural habitat. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 55, 23–32 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02309616

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