Fate and activity of microorganisms introduced into soil

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-135

  Van Veen, Johannes A ^a   Van Overbeek, Leonard S ^a   Van Elsas, Jan Dirk ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA;

EID: 0030740090     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.61.2.121-135.1997     Document Type: Review

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