Evaluating the potential of N. calcicola and its bicarbonate resistant mutant as bioameleorating agents for 'usar' soil

Indian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-18

  Jaiswal, Pranita ^a   Kashyap, Ajai Kumar ^b   Prasanna, Radha ^c   Singh, Pawan Kumar ^c  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF POST HARVEST ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bicarbonate resistant mutant; Bioameliorant; Cyanobacteria; Nostoc calcicola; Usar soil

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC CALCICOLA;

EID: 77956175331     PISSN: 00468991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12088-009-0018-9     Document Type: Article

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