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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · South Asian J Cancer 2014; 03(03): 188-189
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Shewanella algae: First case report of the fast emerging marine pathogen from squamous cell carcinoma patient in India

B. G. Sumathi
Departments of Microbiology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru, Karnataka
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S. R. Kumarswamy
Departments of Microbiology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru, Karnataka
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Usha Amritam
Department of Pathology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru, Karnataka
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Ravi Arjunan
Onco Surgery, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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