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Morphological changes in Enterococcus faecium on exposure to Citrus essential oils in vapor phase as determined by TEM, SEM and AFM

K. Laird The Leicester School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
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J. Score School of Health, University of Northampton, Northampton, UK
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D.C. Prime The Leicester School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
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C.A. Phillips School of Health, University of Northampton, Northampton, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 181-185 | Received 10 Nov 2011, Accepted 01 Dec 2011, Published online: 20 Mar 2012

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