Phenotypic variation in Azospirillum brasilense exposed to starvation

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 577-586

  Lerner, Anat ^a   Valverde, Angel ^a,b   Castro Sowinski, Susana ^a,c   Lerner, Hadas ^a   Okon, Yaacov ^a   Burdman, Saul ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78649733427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2010.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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