Choline and glycine betaine uptake in various strains of rhizobia isolated from nodules of Vicia faba var. major and Cicer arietinum L.: Modulation by salt, choline, and glycine betaine

Current Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 167-172

  Brhada, Fatiha ^a   Poggi, Marie Christine ^b   Le Rudulier, Daniel ^b  

^a MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CHOLINE;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; SODIUM TRANSPORT; VICIA FABA;

BETAINE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLINE; RHIZOBIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CICER ARIETINUM; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; VICIA FABA;

EID: 0031024506     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900163     Document Type: Article

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