Biosurfactants in plant-Pseudomonas interactions and their importance to biocontrol

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 359-372

  D'aes, Jolien ^a   De Maeyer, Katrien ^a   Pauwelyn, Ellen ^a   Höfte, Monica ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 78649723507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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