Isolation and characterisation of symbiotically effective Rhizobium resistant to arsenic and heavy metals after the toxic spill at the Aznalcóllar pyrite mine

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1131-1140

  Carrasco, José Antonio ^a   Armario, Patricia ^c   Pajuelo, Eloísa ^a,c   Burgos, Araceli ^a   Caviedes, Miguel A ^c   López, Rafael ^b   Chamber, Manuel A ^a   Palomares, Antonio J ^c  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arsenic and heavy metals pollution; Bioremediation; Legumes; Rhizobium; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

METALLOIDS; PYRITES; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

ACID WATER; HYBRIDIZATIONS; TOXIC METALS; TOXIC SPILLS;

SOILS;

ARSENIC; BIOREMEDIATION; HEAVY METAL; MINE WASTE; PYRITE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANDALUCIA; DONANA NATIONAL PARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 15244353368     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.11.015     Document Type: Article

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