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Cellular Filamentation After Sublethal High-Pressure Shock in Escherichia coli K12 is Mrr Dependent

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The authors would like to acknowledge financial support from the Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window (EMECW13-Eurindia to A.G.) and the KU Leuven Research Fund (STRT1/10/036; to AA).

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Ghosh, A., Aertsen, A. Cellular Filamentation After Sublethal High-Pressure Shock in Escherichia coli K12 is Mrr Dependent. Curr Microbiol 67, 522–524 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-013-0449-8

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