Desiccation responses and survival of Sinorhizobium meliloti USDA 1021 in relation to growth phase, temperature, chloride and sulfate availability

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 172-178

  Vriezen, J A C ^a   De Bruijn, F J ^b   Nusslein K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DES INTERACTIONS PLANTES MICROORGANISMES LIPM   (France)

Author keywords

Chloride; Desiccation; Growth phase; Matrix; Sinorhizobium meliloti; Sulfate; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DRIERS (MATERIALS); PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

CHLORIDE; DESICCATION; GROWTH PHASE; GROWTH PHASIS; INOCULA; MATRIX; PHASE TEMPERATURE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM; PYROXYLIN; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE;

BIOASSAY; CELLS; CHLORIDE MINERALS; DRYING; GROWTH KINETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE MINERALS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BACTERIUM; DESICCATION; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; DROUGHT; GROWTH CURVE; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 33645240604     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01808.x     Document Type: Article

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