Characteristics of plasmids in Rhizobium huakuii

Current Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 215-220

  Zou, Xianghong ^a,b   Li, Fudi ^a   Chen, Huakui ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; MESORHIZOBIUM HUAKUII; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT SEED; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ASTRAGALUS SINICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MESORHIZOBIUM HUAKUII; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0030828432     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900241     Document Type: Article

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