Antibiotic susceptibility test based on the dielectrophoretic behavior of elongated Escherichia coli with cephalexin treatment.
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SUBMITTER: Chung CC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3138792 | biostudies-other | 2011 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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