Immunochemical analysis of O-specific polysaccharides from the soil nitrogen-fixing bacterium Azospirillum brasilense

Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 677-681

  Matora, L Yu ^a   Shvartsburd, B I ^a   Shchegolev, S Yu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS AND MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Azospirilla; Immunodeterminant groups; Lipopolysaccharides; Monospecific antibodies; O antigens; Serotype

Indexed keywords

EID: 1242289909     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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