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Microbial Siderophores

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Das, A., Prasad, R., Srivastava, A., Giang, P.H., Bhatnagar, K., Varma, A. (2007). Fungal Siderophores: Structure, Functions and Regulation. In: Varma, A., Chincholkar, S.B. (eds) Microbial Siderophores. Soil Biology, vol 12. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71160-5_1

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