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    Evaluation of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for the competitiveness analysis of selected indigenous cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) Bradyrhizobium strains from Kenya

    Cowpea N2 fixation and yield can be enhanced by selecting competitive and efficient indigenous rhizobia. Strains from contrasting agro-ecologies of Kilifi and Mbeere (Kenya) were screened. Two pot experiments wer...

    Samuel Mathu Ndungu, Monika M. Messmer in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2018)

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    Fungi in water samples of a full-scale water work

    This study aimed to assess the efficacy of the treatments used to eliminate fungal propagules in water plants and to investigate the biodiversity of fungal taxa in treated and drinking water. We investigated w...

    Romano De Marchi, Michael Koss, Dominik Ziegler, Sophie De Respinis in Mycological Progress (2018)

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    Ribosomal protein biomarkers provide root nodule bacterial identification by MALDI-TOF MS

    Accurate identification of soil bacteria that form nitrogen-fixing associations with legume crops is challenging given the phylogenetic diversity of root nodule bacteria (RNB). The labor-intensive and time-con...

    Dominik Ziegler, Joël F. Pothier, Julie Ardley in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2015)