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Spatial scales of interactions among bacteria and between bacteria and the leaf surface

Daniel S Esser1, Johan H J Leveau2, Katrin M Meyer3

  • 1Department of Ecosystem Modelling, Büsgen-Institute, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany desser@uni-goettingen.de.

FEMS Microbiology Ecology
|March 13, 2015
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Keywords:
K-functionPantoeaPhaseolus vulgarisPseudomonaspair correlation functionphyllosphere

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