BIO 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Thermotoga Maritima, Gram Staining, Horizontal Gene Transfer

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Biological Sciences
• Course: BIO 200
• Professor: Lindqvist Charlotte

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