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Original Articles

Identification of a divergent O-acetyltransferase gene oac1b from Shigella flexneri serotype 1b strains

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Pages 1-7 | Received 16 Mar 2012, Accepted 03 Jul 2012, Published online: 25 Jan 2019

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