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Associative and Endophytic Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria and Cyanobacterial Associations

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Bergman, B., Rai, A., Rasmussen, U. (2007). Cyanobacterial Associations. In: Elmerich, C., Newton, W.E. (eds) Associative and Endophytic Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria and Cyanobacterial Associations. Nitrogen Fixation: Origins, Applications, and Research Progress, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3546-2_12

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