Pectolytic enzymes in Rhizobium
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 35 (1) , 210-213
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.35.1.210-213.1978
Abstract
A sensitive pectin agar plate assay was used to demonstrate low levels of pectolytic enzymes in infective and noninfective strains of Rhizobium. The possible relation of this characteristic to legume infection is discussed.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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