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- 1 2 Q&A with Professor Mervyn Bibb
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- ↑ Freeman, R. F.; Bibb, M. J.; Hopwood, D. A. (1977). "Chloramphenicol acetylransferase-independent chloramphenicol resistance in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)". Journal of General Microbiology. 98 (2): 453–65. doi: 10.1099/00221287-98-2-453 . PMID 856941.
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