Nitrogen Assimilation and Transport by Ex Planta Nitrogen-Fixing Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens Bacteroids Is Modulated by Oxygen, Bacteroid Density and l-Malate
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2. Results
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
5. Conclusions
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Funding
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Waters, J.K.; Mawhinney, T.P.; Emerich, D.W. Nitrogen Assimilation and Transport by Ex Planta Nitrogen-Fixing Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens Bacteroids Is Modulated by Oxygen, Bacteroid Density and l-Malate. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21, 7542. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21207542
Waters JK, Mawhinney TP, Emerich DW. Nitrogen Assimilation and Transport by Ex Planta Nitrogen-Fixing Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens Bacteroids Is Modulated by Oxygen, Bacteroid Density and l-Malate. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2020; 21(20):7542. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21207542
Chicago/Turabian StyleWaters, James K., Thomas P. Mawhinney, and David W. Emerich. 2020. "Nitrogen Assimilation and Transport by Ex Planta Nitrogen-Fixing Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens Bacteroids Is Modulated by Oxygen, Bacteroid Density and l-Malate" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21, no. 20: 7542. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21207542