Biodiversity of Mimosa pudica rhizobial symbionts (Cupriavidus taiwanensis, Rhizobium mesoamericanum) in New Caledonia and their adaptation to heavy metal-rich soils

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 618-635

  Klonowska, Agnieszka ^a   Chaintreuil, Clémence ^a   Tisseyre, Pierre ^a   Miché, Lucie ^a   Melkonian, Rémy ^a   Ducousso, Marc ^b   Laguerre, Gisèle ^c   Brunel, Brigitte ^a   Moulin, Lionel ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SYMBIOSES TROPICALES ET MÉDITERRANÉENNES   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Beta rhizobia; Metal tolerance; Nickel; Rhizobium; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEAVY METAL; NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; NODA PROTEIN, RHIZOBIALES; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RECA PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

HEAVY METAL; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIONT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CUPRIAVIDUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIMOSA; NEW CALEDONIA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODIVERSITY; CUPRIAVIDUS; METALS, HEAVY; MIMOSA; NEW CALEDONIA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; REC A RECOMBINASES; RHIZOBIUM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

ANIMALIA; BURKHOLDERIA; CUPRIAVIDUS; CUPRIAVIDUS TAIWANENSIS; MIMOSA PUDICA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84864585442     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01393.x     Document Type: Article

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