Phenotypic analyses of Agrobacterium

Current Protocols in Microbiology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.25, 2012, Pages

  Morton, Elise R ^a   Fuqua, Clay ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Attachment; Biofilms; Opines; Plant association; Plasmids; Taxonomy; Virulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868285304     PISSN: 19348525     EISSN: 19348533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/9780471729259.mc03d03s25     Document Type: Article

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