A survey of A-L biofilm formation and cellulose expression amongst soil and plant-associated pseudomonas isolates

Microbial Ecology of Aerial Plant Surfaces

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 121-131

  Spiers, A J ^a   Arnold, D L ^b   Moon, C D ^a   Timms Wilson, T M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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