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Cleaning and Disinfection of Bacillus cereus Biofilm

Amanda Deal, Dan Klein, Paul Lopolito and John Spencer Schwarz
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology May 2016, 70 (3) 208-217; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2014.005165
Amanda Deal
1STERIS Corporation, 7405 Page Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63133
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