Symbiotic characterization and diversity of rhizobia associated with native and introduced acacias in arid and semi-arid regions in Algeria

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 534-547

  Boukhatem, Zineb Faiza ^a   Domergue, Odile ^b   Bekki, Abdelkader ^a   Merabet, Chahinez ^a   Sekkour, Sonia ^a   Bouazza, Fatima ^a   Duponnois, Robin ^b   de Lajudie, Philippe ^b   Galiana, Antoine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ORAN   (Algeria)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SYMBIOSES TROPICALES ET MÉDITERRANÉENNES   (France)

Author keywords

Dry zone acacias; Nitrogen fixing trees; Rhizobium diversity; Salinity tolerance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATIC REGION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOST PLANT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NODULATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REVEGETATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOLERANCE;

ACACIA; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; GENETICS; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MESORHIZOBIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OCHROBACTRUM; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOBIUM; SALINITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ACACIA; ALGERIA; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; MESORHIZOBIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCHROBACTRUM; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOBIUM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALINITY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGERIA;

ACACIA; ACACIA SALIGNA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; ENSIFER; MESORHIZOBIUM; OCHROBACTRUM; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84860698255     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01315.x     Document Type: Article

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