Brock Biology of Microorganisms, Books a la Carte Plus Mastering Microbiology with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (15th Edition)
Brock Biology of Microorganisms, Books a la Carte Plus Mastering Microbiology with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (15th Edition)
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Author: Michael T. Madigan, Kelly S. Bender, Daniel H. Buckley, W. Matthew Sattley, David A. Stahl
Publisher: PEARSON
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The genus Glomus belongs to group Glomeromycota. The members of this group form small group of obligate symbiotic fungi which make symbiotic association with the roots of higher plants called endomycorrhizae. Glomus is a genus which belongs to arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi.

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