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Colonization of the guts of germ-free desert locusts, Schistocerca gregaria, by the bacterium Pantoea agglomerans

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Colonization of the guts of germ-free desert locusts, Schistocerca gregaria, by the bacterium Pantoea agglomerans. / Dillon, R. J. ; Charnley, A. K. .
In: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, Vol. 67, No. 1, 01.1996, p. 11-14.

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Dillon, RJ & Charnley, AK 1996, 'Colonization of the guts of germ-free desert locusts, Schistocerca gregaria, by the bacterium Pantoea agglomerans', Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 11-14. https://doi.org/10.1006/jipa.1996.0002

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Dillon, R. J., & Charnley, A. K. (1996). Colonization of the guts of germ-free desert locusts, Schistocerca gregaria, by the bacterium Pantoea agglomerans. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 67(1), 11-14. https://doi.org/10.1006/jipa.1996.0002

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Dillon RJ, Charnley AK. Colonization of the guts of germ-free desert locusts, Schistocerca gregaria, by the bacterium Pantoea agglomerans. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 1996 Jan;67(1):11-14. doi: 10.1006/jipa.1996.0002

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Dillon, R. J. ; Charnley, A. K. . / Colonization of the guts of germ-free desert locusts, Schistocerca gregaria, by the bacterium Pantoea agglomerans. In: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 1996 ; Vol. 67, No. 1. pp. 11-14.

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