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Original Article

Transfer of Plasmid pAMβl Between Members of the Normal Microflora Inhabiting the Murine Digestive Tract and Modification of the Plasmid in a Lactobacillus reuteri Host

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Pages 343-355 | Received 29 Apr 1991, Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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