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Bacterial Associations with Legumes

Alvaro PeixDepartamento de Desarrollo Sostenible de Sistemas Agroforestales y Ganaderos, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología (IRNASA), CSIC, Salamanca, Spain;Unidad Asociada Universidad de Salamanca-CSIC “Interacción Planta-Microorganismo,”, Salamanca, SpainView further author information
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Martha H. Ramírez-BahenaDepartamento de Desarrollo Sostenible de Sistemas Agroforestales y Ganaderos, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología (IRNASA), CSIC, Salamanca, Spain;Unidad Asociada Universidad de Salamanca-CSIC “Interacción Planta-Microorganismo,”, Salamanca, SpainView further author information
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Encarna VelázquezUnidad Asociada Universidad de Salamanca-CSIC “Interacción Planta-Microorganismo,”, Salamanca, Spain;Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, SpainView further author information
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Eulogio J. BedmarDepartamento de Microbiología del Suelo y Sistemas Simbióticos, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ), CSIC, Granada, SpainCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 17-42 | Published online: 24 Oct 2014

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