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Pawinee Siritongsuk, Nuttaya Hongsing, Saengrawee Thammawithan, Sakda Daduang, Sompong Klaynongsruang, Apichai Tuanyok, Rina Patramanon
Two-Phase Bactericidal Mechanism of Silver Nanoparticles against Burkholderia pseudomallei
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