Viability of Rhizobium bacteroids.

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  • H C Tsien
  • P S Cain
  • E L Schmidt
چکیده

Bacteroids prepared from nodules of soybean and bean were tested for viability. Contrary to the prevailing view that bacteroids are nonviable, it was found that bacteroids averaged 90% viability, irrespective of Rhizobium strain, nodule age, or nodule environment.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Applied and environmental microbiology

دوره 34 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1977