Microorganism diversity: Strategy and action plan

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 151-154

  Johri, Bhavdish N ^a   Ganguly, B N ^b   Goel, S K ^c   Virdi, J S ^d   Tripathi, A K ^e   Jain, R K ^f   Kamra, D N ^g   Bhatnagar, Ashish ^h  

^a G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Pocket B 3 ^*  (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^e BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^g INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^h M D S UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 27944460441     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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