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Graf, J. (2005). Molecular Requirements for the Colonization of Hirudo medicinalis by Aeromonas veronii . In: Overmann, J. (eds) Molecular Basis of Symbiosis. Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology, vol 41. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28221-1_14
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