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Related plasmids found in an English Lake district stream. / Pickup, R. W.
In: Microbial Ecology, Vol. 18, No. 3, 30.11.1989, p. 211-220.

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Pickup RW. Related plasmids found in an English Lake district stream. Microbial Ecology. 1989 Nov 30;18(3):211-220. doi: 10.1007/BF02075809

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Pickup, R. W. / Related plasmids found in an English Lake district stream. In: Microbial Ecology. 1989 ; Vol. 18, No. 3. pp. 211-220.

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