Cyanobacterial-plant symbioses

The Prokaryotes: Prokaryotic Biology and Symbiotic Associations

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 359-400

  Adams, David G ^a   Bergman, Birgitta ^b   Nierzwicki Bauer, Sandra A ^c   Duggan, Paula S ^a   Rai, Amar N ^d   Schüßler, Arthur ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30194-0_17     Document Type: Chapter

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