Rhizobium plasmids in bacteria-legume interactions

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-125

  Garcia De Los Santos A ^a   Brom, S ^a   Romero, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Free living metabolism; Genomic organization; Plasmid; Rhizobium; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0000986446     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00364676     Document Type: Article

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