Physiological responses to acid stress of an acid-soil tolerant and an acid-soil sensitive strain of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar trifolii

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 621-624

  Watkin, Elizabeth L J ^a,c   O'Hara, Graham W ^a   Glenn, Andrew R ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid tolerance response; Acid soil tolerance; Acidity; Rhizobium leguminosarum bv trifolii

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; CELL CULTURE; MICROORGANISMS; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESSES;

ACID-SOIL TOLERANCE;

SOILS;

ACID SOIL; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TOLERANCE;

RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 0038002856     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(03)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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