Rumen symbioses

The Prokaryotes: Prokaryotic Biology and Symbiotic Associations

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 533-544

  Mizrahi, Itzhak ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30194-0_1     Document Type: Chapter

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