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John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow, 1936. The author expresses his appreciation to the Foundation for its grant to conduct research into the problem of nitrogen-fixation by bacteria in consultation with EuroDean authorities.
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Wilson, P.W. Symbiotic nitrogen-fixation by the Leguminosae. Bot. Rev 3, 365–399 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02870488
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