Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    The value of livestock abortion surveillance in Tanzania: identifying disease priorities and informing interventions

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    Peptidoglycan-tethered and free forms of the Braun lipoprotein are in dynamic equilibrium in Escherichia coli

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    A lytic transglycosylase connects bacterial focal adhesion complexes to the peptidoglycan cell wall

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    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States
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    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
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    University of Geneva, Switzerland
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