Editorial: Special Issue: “Legionella pneumophila: A Microorganism with a Thousand Faces”
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Fasciana, T.; Palermo, M.; Arrigo, I.; Tricoli, M.R.; Diquattro, O.; Giammanco, A. Editorial: Special Issue: “Legionella pneumophila: A Microorganism with a Thousand Faces”. Microorganisms 2023, 11, 2392. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11102392
Fasciana T, Palermo M, Arrigo I, Tricoli MR, Diquattro O, Giammanco A. Editorial: Special Issue: “Legionella pneumophila: A Microorganism with a Thousand Faces”. Microorganisms. 2023; 11(10):2392. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11102392
Chicago/Turabian StyleFasciana, Teresa, Mario Palermo, Ignazio Arrigo, Maria Rita Tricoli, Orazia Diquattro, and Anna Giammanco. 2023. "Editorial: Special Issue: “Legionella pneumophila: A Microorganism with a Thousand Faces”" Microorganisms 11, no. 10: 2392. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11102392
APA StyleFasciana, T., Palermo, M., Arrigo, I., Tricoli, M. R., Diquattro, O., & Giammanco, A. (2023). Editorial: Special Issue: “Legionella pneumophila: A Microorganism with a Thousand Faces”. Microorganisms, 11(10), 2392. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11102392