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Plasmid-specified FemABX-like immunity factor in Staphylococcus sciuri DD 4747

  1. Lucie S. Heath1,
  2. Shaw R. Gargis1,
  3. S. Rochelle Smithberg1,
  4. Heather P. Johnson2,
  5. Harry E. Heath1,
  6. Paul A. LeBlanc1,
  7. Gary L. Sloan1,*

Article first published online: 9 JAN 2006

DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.06.019

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FEMS Microbiology Letters

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volume 249, Issue 2, pages 227–231, August 2005

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Heath, L. S., Gargis, S. R., Smithberg, S. R., Johnson, H. P., Heath, H. E., LeBlanc, P. A. and Sloan, G. L. (2005), Plasmid-specified FemABX-like immunity factor in Staphylococcus sciuri DD 4747. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 249: 227–231. doi: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.06.019

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  1. 1

    Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487–0334, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Biology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101, USA

* *Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 205 348 8444; fax: +1 205 348 5976., E-mail address: gsloan@bsc.as.ua.edu

  1. Edited by R.A. Bonomo

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  1. Issue published online: 9 JAN 2006
  2. Article first published online: 9 JAN 2006
  3. Received 24 March 2005, Accepted 9 June 2005

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