Bacterial communities in floral nectar

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-104

  Fridman, Svetlana ^a   Izhaki, Ido ^a   Gerchman, Yoram ^a   Halpern, Malka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS X PARADISI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA GLAUCA; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 84856763448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2011.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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