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(2014) Benjamin Buchfink et al.   NATURE METHODS

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(2013) Yi Hu et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

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(2010) E. Crotti et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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(2009) S. Haeder et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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(2009) Martin Kaltenpoth   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Detection of Bartonella tamiae DNA in Ectoparasites from Rodents in Thailand and Their Sequence Similarity with Bacterial Cultures from Thai Patients

(2009) Hidenori Kabeya et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

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