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Review
. 2014;9(4):429-32.
doi: 10.2217/fmb.14.19.

Predatory prokaryotes wage war against eye infections

Robert M Q Shanks  1 , Daniel E Kadouri
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Review

Predatory prokaryotes wage war against eye infections

Robert M Q Shanks et al. Future Microbiol. 2014.
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