Biotin and other water-soluble vitamins are key growth factors for alfalfa root colonization by Rhizobium meliloti 1021

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 330-338

  Streit, Wolfgang R ^a   Joseph, Cecillia M ^a   Phillips, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicago sativa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0030199206     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-9-0330     Document Type: Article

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