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Mutualism between the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria and its gut microbiota

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Mutualism between the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria and its gut microbiota. / Dillon, Rod; Charnley, Keith.
In: Research in Microbiology, Vol. 153, No. 8, 12.11.2002, p. 503-509.

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Dillon R, Charnley K. Mutualism between the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria and its gut microbiota. Research in Microbiology. 2002 Nov 12;153(8):503-509. Epub 2002 Sept 17. doi: 10.1016/S0923-2508(02)01361-X

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Dillon, Rod ; Charnley, Keith. / Mutualism between the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria and its gut microbiota. In: Research in Microbiology. 2002 ; Vol. 153, No. 8. pp. 503-509.

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