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Nitrogen fixation by growing cells and cell-free extracts of the bacillaceae

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    D. F. Witz, R. W. Detroy & P. W. Wilson

  2. College of Agriculture, The University of Wisconsin, 53706, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    P. W. Wilson

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Witz, D.F., Detroy, R.W. & Wilson, P.W. Nitrogen fixation by growing cells and cell-free extracts of the bacillaceae. Archiv. Mikrobiol. 55, 369–381 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00406443

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