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The effect of biotic and physical factors on the competitive ability of Rhizobium leguminosarum

  • Jerzy Wielbo EMAIL logo , Dominika Kidaj , Piotr Koper , Agnieszka Kubik-Komar and Anna Skorupska
From the journal Open Life Sciences

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