The family methylobacteriaceae

The Prokaryotes: Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria

Volumn 9783642301971, Issue , 2014, Pages 313-340

  Kelly, Donovan P ^a   McDonald, Ian R ^b   Wood, Ann P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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