Rhizobial and bradyrhizobial symbionts of mesquite from the Sonoran Desert: Salt tolerance, facultative halophily and nitrate respiration

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1675-1682

  Jenkins, Michael B ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium; Denitrification; Halophily; Mesquite; Nitrate respiration; Prosopis; Rhizobium; Salt tolerance

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; GROWTH KINETICS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

GROWTH RATE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

DENITRIFICATION; DESERT SOIL; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SYMBIONT;

CALIFORNIA; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; PROSOPIS; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0242407447     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2003.08.014     Document Type: Article

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