Characterization of a symbiotically effective Rhizobium resistant to arsenic: Isolated from the root nodules of Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper grown in an arsenic-contaminated field

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-99

  Mandal, Santi M ^a,b   Pati, Bikas R ^b   Das, Amit K ^a   Ghosh, Ananta K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bioremediation; Legumes; Nodulation; Rhizobium sp.

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA 16S; PROTEIN ARSR; PROTEIN NODC;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LC 50; LEGUME; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; REGULATOR GENE; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; SOIL FERTILITY; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SYMBIOSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; VIGNA MUNGO;

ARSENATES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FABACEAE; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOBIUM; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SYMBIOSIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM SP.; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; VIGNA MUNGO;

EID: 45449101922     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.54.93     Document Type: Article

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