Bacterial physiology: Efflux pumps, fitness and virulence

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Andrea Du Toit. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2017 Sep.

. 2017 Sep;15(9):512-513.

doi: 10.1038/nrmicro.2017.97. Epub 2017 Aug 7.

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