Carbamoyl-phosphate synthetases (CPS) in lactic acid bacteria and other Gram-positive bacteria

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Issue		Lait Volume 81, Number 1-2, January-April 2001 10^th Meeting of the " Club des Bactéries Lactiques ".


Page(s)		151 - 159
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/lait:2001119

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