Survival of rhizobia in soil is sensitive to elevated zinc in the absence of the host plant

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 573-579

  Broos, K ^a,b   Beyens, H ^a   Smolders, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Metals; Nitrogen fixation; Rhizobia; Survival; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTAMINANTS; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER (MPN); RHIZOBIA;

CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PH EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEWAGE SLUDGE; ZINC;

SOILS;

NITROGEN FIXATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY; ZINC;

RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. TRIFOLII; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 11144284606     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.08.018     Document Type: Article

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