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Effects of nitrogen deficiency and wheat lectin on the composition and structure of some biopolymers of Azospirillum brasilense Sp245

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Original Russian Text © A.A. Kamnev, Yu.N. Sadovnikova, L.P. Antonyuk, 2008, published in Mikrobiologiya, 2008, Vol. 77, No. 2, pp. 278–281.

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Kamnev, A.A., Sadovnikova, Y.N. & Antonyuk, L.P. Effects of nitrogen deficiency and wheat lectin on the composition and structure of some biopolymers of Azospirillum brasilense Sp245. Microbiology 77, 240–242 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261708020197

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