Mechanism of boron tolerance in soil bacteria

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-26

  Ahmed, Iftikhar ^a,b   Fujiwara, Toru ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus boroniphilus; Boron tolerance; Boron toxicity; Hisarcik area; Lysinibacillus boronitolerans

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIAL STRAINS; BORON TOXICITY; DEGREE OF TOLERANCE; KINETIC ASSAY; LIVING CELL; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; RHODOCOCCUS; SOIL BACTERIUM; SOIL SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOLERANCE LEVELS; TOLERANCE MECHANISMS;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); RNA; SOILS; TOXICITY;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BORIC ACID; BORON; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BORON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOLATED POPULATION; PHYLOGENETICS; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS BORONIPHILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GRACILIBACILLUS; LYSINIBACILLUS; METAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; TOXICITY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BORON; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ALGORIPHAGUS; ARTHROBACTER; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GRACILIBACILLUS; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 76749135781     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W09-106     Document Type: Article

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