Exopolysaccharides and Nodule Invasion in the Sinorhizobium meliloti–Alfalfa Symbiosis

Molecular Microbial Ecology of the Rhizosphere: Volume 1

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 551-557

  Rinaudi Marron, Luciana V ^a   González, Juan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1002/9781118297674.ch52     Document Type: Chapter

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