Metal tolerance of rhizobial strains isolated from nodules of herbaceous legumes (Medicago spp. and Trifolium spp.) growing in mercury-contaminated soils

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-59

  Nonnoi, Francesca ^a   Chinnaswamy, Appunu ^a   García de la Torre, Vanesa S ^a   Coba de la Peña, Teodoro ^a   Lucas, M Mercedes ^a   Pueyo, José J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Legumes; Mercury; Metal tolerance; Rhizobium; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. TRIFOLII; SINORHIZOBIUM MEDICAE; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 84864053197     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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