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Pyoverdine Synthesis and its Regulation in Fluorescent Pseudomonads

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    Paolo Visca & Franceso Imperi

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    Iain L. Lamont

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Visca, P., Imperi, F., Lamont, I.L. (2007). Pyoverdine Synthesis and its Regulation in Fluorescent Pseudomonads. In: Varma, A., Chincholkar, S.B. (eds) Microbial Siderophores. Soil Biology, vol 12. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71160-5_7

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