Current taxonomy of the rhizobia

Acta Microbiologica Polonica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-122

  Małek, Wanda ^a   Sajnaga, Ewa ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

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Indexed keywords

AFIPIA; BARTONELLACEAE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRUCELLA; OCHROBACTRUM; REVIEW; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0032851696     PISSN: 01371320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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