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The concept of a bacterium

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  • Volume 42, pages 17–35 (1962)
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  1. Department of Bacteriology, University of California, Berkeley

    R. Y. Stanier & C. B. van Niel

  2. Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California

    R. Y. Stanier & C. B. van Niel

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Since Professor E. G. Pringsheim has made such great contributions to knowledge of the bacteria as a biological group throughout his long scientific career, we are happy to be able to dedicate this essay to him, as a token of our respect and affection on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

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Stanier, R.Y., van Niel, C.B. The concept of a bacterium. Archiv. Mikrobiol. 42, 17–35 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00425185

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