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

Nasal Carriage of Free-Living Amoebae

P. R. Badenoch Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders Medical Centre, School of Biological Sciences, Bedford Park, 5042, South Australia
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T. R. Grimmond Clinical Microbiology Flinders Medical Centre, School of Biological Sciences, Bedford Park, 5042, South Australia
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J. Cadwgan Flinders University, Bedford Park, 5042, South Australia
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S. E. Deayton Flinders University, Bedford Park, 5042, South Australia
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M. S. L. Essery Flinders University, Bedford Park, 5042, South Australia
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And B. D. Hill Flinders University, Bedford Park, 5042, South Australia
Pages 209-211 | Received 26 Apr 1988, Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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