Microbe Magazine
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Cover: Colorized light micrograph of Vibrio cholerae bacteria (magnification, ×1850). Researchers are looking at how V. cholerae grows on chitonous surfaces and how this affects the spread of pathogenic traits through horizontal gene transfer (see p. 64). (Image © James Cavallini/Science Source.)
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Microbe Magazine, Cover Image
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Cover: Colorized light micrograph of Vibrio cholerae bacteria (magnification, ×1850). Researchers are looking at how V. cholerae grows on chitonous surfaces and how this affects the spread of pathogenic traits through horizontal gene transfer (see p. 64). (Image © James Cavallini/Science Source.)
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