A method for studying chemotaxis in nitrogen fixing cyanobacterium- plant symbioses

Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 73-77

  Knight, Celia D ^a   Adams, D G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

BLASIA PUSILLA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC SP.; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030209241     PISSN: 08855765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmpp.1996.0040     Document Type: Article

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