Pouch bacteria: an understudied and potentially important facet of marsupial reproduction

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Pouch bacteria : an understudied and potentially important facet of marsupial reproduction. / Maidment, Toby; Eisenhofer, Raphael.

In: Microbiology Australia, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2023, p. 41-44.

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Maidment, T & Eisenhofer, R 2023, 'Pouch bacteria: an understudied and potentially important facet of marsupial reproduction', Microbiology Australia, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 41-44. https://doi.org/10.1071/MA23010

APA

Maidment, T., & Eisenhofer, R. (2023). Pouch bacteria: an understudied and potentially important facet of marsupial reproduction. Microbiology Australia, 44(1), 41-44. https://doi.org/10.1071/MA23010

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Maidment T, Eisenhofer R. Pouch bacteria: an understudied and potentially important facet of marsupial reproduction. Microbiology Australia. 2023;44(1):41-44. https://doi.org/10.1071/MA23010

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Maidment, Toby ; Eisenhofer, Raphael. / Pouch bacteria : an understudied and potentially important facet of marsupial reproduction. In: Microbiology Australia. 2023 ; Vol. 44, No. 1. pp. 41-44.

Bibtex

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