Why does Staphylococcus aureus secrete an Enterococcus faecalis-specific pheromone?
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- 1 December 1997
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 157 (2), 261-266
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb12782.x
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