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The 125th anniversary of the first postulation of the soil origin of endophytic bacteria – a tribute to M.L.V. Galippe

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Pr. Jerzy Nowak from Virginia Tech for encouraging us to publish this commentary and to anonymous reviewers for their comments. We also acknowledge European Cost Action FA1103 on Endophytes for Biotechnology and Agriculture. Additional thanks are for Ms Jessy Robbins from Indiana State University and to Dr. Euan K. James (Dundee, UK) for help in proof reading of the manuscript.

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  1. LGC UMR 5503 (CNRS/INPT/UPS), Department of Bioprocédés et Systèmes Microbiens, ENSAT-INP de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, 1 Avenue de l’Agrobiopôle, B.P. 32607, 31326, Castanet-Tolosan Cedex 1, France

    Stéphane Compant & Florence Mathieu

  2. Bioresources Unit, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Konrad-Lorenz-strasse 24, 3430, Tulln, Austria

    Angela Sessitsch

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Compant, S., Sessitsch, A. & Mathieu, F. The 125th anniversary of the first postulation of the soil origin of endophytic bacteria – a tribute to M.L.V. Galippe. Plant Soil 356, 299–301 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-012-1204-9

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