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Cathedral's chicks are weighed, ringed and swabbed
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Cathedral's chicks are weighed, ringed and swabbed
The cathedral says everyone is "really thrilled" that three chicks have hatched at the site.
Antimicrobial activity of polymyxin A, and characterisation of the cognate biosynthetic gene cluster within the genome of the producing Paenibacillus polymyxa.
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