Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae populations in soils with increasing heavy metal contamination: Abundance, plasmid profiles, diversity and metal tolerance

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 519-529

  Lakzian, Amir ^a   Murphy, Phillip ^a   Turner, Andrew ^a   Beynon, Jim L ^a   Giller, Ken E ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diversity; Metal tolerance; Metal toxicity; Microbial ecology; Plasmids; Pollution; Rhizobium; Sewage sludge; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HEAVY METAL; PLASMID; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOIL POLLUTION; TOLERANCE; TOXICITY;

GERMANY;

PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. VICIAE; VICIA; VICIA HIRSUTA;

EID: 0036230076     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(01)00210-3     Document Type: Article

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