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Spread of bacterial genomes in packaged particles

    Pablo Quirós

    Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona, Diagonal 645, Annex, Floor 0, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

    ,
    Maryury Brown-Jaque

    Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona, Diagonal 645, Annex, Floor 0, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

    &
    Maite Muniesa

    *Author for correspondence:

    E-mail Address: mmuniesa@ub.edu

    Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona, Diagonal 645, Annex, Floor 0, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

    Published Online:https://doi.org/10.2217/fmb.15.145
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