Effect of high salts concentrations on the growth of rhizobia and responses to added osmotica

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 889-898

  Abdelmoumen, H ^a   Filali Maltouf, A ^b   Neyra, M ^c   Belabed, A ^a   Idrissi, M Missbah El ^a,d  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BETAINES; ECOLOGY; STRAIN;

AMINO-ACIDS; CAROB TREES; CERATONIA SILIQUA; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; GLYCINE BETAINE; HIGH SALT CONCENTRATION; REFERENCE STRAINS; ROOT NODULES; TOLERANT STRAINS; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BETAINE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROLINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

GROWTH; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SALINITY TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODIVERSITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; RHIZOBIUM; SALINITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADENOCARPUS DECORTICANS; CERATONIA SILIQUA; CYTISUS ARBOREUS; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM;

EID: 0033047820     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00727.x     Document Type: Article

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