Effect of Congo Red on the motility of the bacterium Azospirillum brasilense

Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-54

  Shelud'ko, A V ^a   Borisov, I V ^a   Krestinenko, V A ^a   Panasenko, V I ^a   Katsy, E I ^a  

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

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense; Colony morphology; Congo Red; Motility

Indexed keywords

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33644972150     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0026261706010103     Document Type: Article

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