Back to the basics: The need for ecophysiological insights to enhance our understanding of microbial behaviour in the rhizosphere

Plant and Soil

Volumn 373, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 1-15

  Dini Andreote, Francisco ^a   van Elsas, Jan Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cultured organisms; Microbial ecology; Microbial traits; Plant microbe interactions

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 84875345496     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1687-z     Document Type: Review

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