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PREVIOUS reports from this laboratory1–5 have shown that in the rhizosphere, or zone of influence of the roots of growing plants, there is a preferential stimulation of bacteria requiring amino-acids for maximum growth. This communication concerns the production of amino-acids by roots of several kinds of plants in an attempt to explain, at least in part, the preferential effect noted on this group of organisms.
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KATZNELSON, H., ROUATT, J. & PAYNE, T. Liberation of Amino-acids by Plant Roots in relation to Desiccation. Nature 174, 1110–1111 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/1741110a0
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