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Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease Volume 1, 1988 - Issue 3
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Original Article

Inhibition of Growth of Clostridium botulinum by Intestinal Microflora Isolated from Healthy Infants

Nadine M. Sullivan California Public Health Foundation, Berkeley, CA, 94704, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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Daniel C. Mills SIDS-Infant Botulism Research and Prevention Program, California Department of Health Services, Berkeley, CA, 94704, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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Hans P. Riemann Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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Stephen S. Arnon California Public Health Foundation, Berkeley, CA, 94704, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
Pages 179-192 | Received 11 Nov 1987, Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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