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. 2004 Oct;10(10):1887-8.
doi: 10.3201/eid1010.040158.

Boiling and Bacillus spores

Eugene W Rice, Laura J Rose, Clifford H Johnson, Laura A Boczek, Matthew J Arduino, Donald J Reasoner

Boiling and Bacillus spores

Eugene W Rice et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Oct.
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