Springer-Verlag Advanced Techniques In Soil Microbiology.pdf

Ajit Varma
Ralf Oelmüller (Eds.)
Advanced
Techniques
in Soil Microbiology
With 94 Figures, 2 in Color
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Prof. Dr. Ajit Varma
Director, Amity Institute of Microbial Sciences
and
Vice Chairman (International), Amity Sciences Technology Foundation
Amity University Uttar Pradesh
Sector-125, Noida 201303
India
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Prof. Dr. Ralf Oelmüller
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Institute of General Botany and Plant Physiology
Dornburger Str. 159
07743 Jena
Germany
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2007921585
ISSN 1613-3382
ISBN-978-3-540-70864-3 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York
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Preface
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