Increase in the Competitive Nodulation Ability of Bradyrhizobium japonicum Strains Grown in Purified Water

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 87-90

  Ozawa, Takashi ^a   Doi, Ryoichi ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

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EID: 0002772714     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.11.87     Document Type: Article

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