Ecology and human pathogenicity of plant-associated bacteria

Regulation of Biological Control Agents

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 175-189

  Berg, Gabriele ^a   Zachow, Christin ^a   Cardinale, Massimiliano ^a   Müller, Henry ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antagonists; Bacterial communities; Opportunistic infections; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867139491     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3664-3_8     Document Type: Chapter

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