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The Bacterial Cell Surface

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This article deals with some of the foci of activity and current problems in the complex and multidisciplinary field of bacterial cell surface studies.

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TOMASZ, A. The Bacterial Cell Surface. Nature 234, 389–392 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/234389a0

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