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THE mechanisms by which soil micro-organisms dissolve insoluble mineral phosphates and make them available to plants is largely unknown, therefore research was undertaken to investigate these processes.
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SPERBER, J. Solution of Mineral Phosphates by Soil Bacteria. Nature 180, 994–995 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180994a0
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