Effect of passage through the gut of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris L. on Bacillus megaterium studied by whole cell hybridization

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1149-1152

  Fischer, Kathrin ^a   Hahn, Dittmar ^a   Hönerlage, Wolfgang ^a   Zeyer, Josef ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0031194603     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(96)00304-5     Document Type: Article

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