Investigations on the cell volumes of Azotobacter vinelandii by scanning electron microscopy

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 229-234

  Efuet, Ekem T ^a   Pulakat, Lakshmidevi ^a   Gavini, Narasaiah ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029783317     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.3620360404     Document Type: Article

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