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The complex extracellular biology of Streptomyces

  1. Keith F. Chater1,
  2. Sandor Biró2,
  3. Kye Joon Lee3,
  4. Tracy Palmer4,
  5. Hildgund Schrempf5

Article first published online: 15 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2009.00206.x

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FEMS Microbiology Reviews

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Special Issue: Extracellular Biology

Volume 34, Issue 2, pages 171–198, March 2010

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Chater, K. F., Biró, S., Lee, K. J., Palmer, T. and Schrempf, H. (2010), The complex extracellular biology of Streptomyces. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 34: 171–198. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2009.00206.x

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  1. 1

    John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, UK

  2. 2

    Department of Human Genetics, Medical and Health Science Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

  3. 3

    School of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

  4. 4

    Division of Molecular Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee

  5. 5

    FB Biology/Chemistry, Applied Genetics of Microorganisms, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

*Correspondence: Keith F. Chater, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK. Tel.: +44 1603 450297; fax: +44 1603 450045; e-mail: keith.chater@bbsrc.ac.uk

  1. Editor: Lee Kroos

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  1. Issue published online: 1 FEB 2010
  2. Article first published online: 15 DEC 2009
  3. Received 30 October 2009; revised 4 December 2009; accepted 4 December 2009.Final version published online 18 January 2010.

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