Osmoadaptation by rhizosphere bacteria

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue , 1996, Pages 101-136

  Miller, Karen J ^a   Wood, Janet M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Azospirillum; compatible solute; osmoprotectant; osmoregulation; osmotic adaptation; periplasmic glucans; Pseudomonas; Rhizobium

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AZOSPIRILLUM; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM; SOIL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AZOSPIRILLUM; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT ROOTS; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIUM; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

AZOSPIRILLUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIALES; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0029819774     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.50.1.101     Document Type: Review

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