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Visualization of the extracellular polymeric matrix of Chromobacterium violaceum biofilms by microscopic methods

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  1. Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7, k. 2, Moscow, 117312, Russia

    M. V. Zhurina, N. A. Kostrikina, E. A. Strelkova & V. K. Plakunov

  2. Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    E. Yu. Parshina, A. I. Yusipovich & G. V. Maksimov

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Original Russian Text © M.V. Zhurina, N.A. Kostrikina, E.Yu. Parshina, E.A. Strelkova, A.I. Yusipovich, G.V. Maksimov, V.K. Plakunov, 2013, published in Mikrobiologiya, 2013, Vol. 82, No. 4, pp. 502–509.

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Zhurina, M.V., Kostrikina, N.A., Parshina, E.Y. et al. Visualization of the extracellular polymeric matrix of Chromobacterium violaceum biofilms by microscopic methods. Microbiology 82, 517–524 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261713040164

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