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Review
. 2007 Jul 29;362(1483):1115-7.
doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2038.

Bacterial conversations: talking, listening and eavesdropping. An introduction

Ian Joint  1 , J Allan Downie, Paul Williams
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Review

Bacterial conversations: talking, listening and eavesdropping. An introduction

Ian Joint et al. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. .
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