Mercury-resistant rhizobial bacteria isolated from nodules of leguminous plants growing in high Hg-contaminated soils

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 543-554

  Ruiz Díez, Beatriz ^a   Quiñones, Miguel A ^a   Fajardo, Susana ^a   López, Miguel A ^b   Higueras, Pablo ^b   Fernández Pascual, Mercedes ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Hg contaminated land; Mercury tolerant rhizobia; Rhizobia legume symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENES; HEAVY METALS; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RESTORATION; RNA; SOIL POLLUTION;

EFFECTIVE CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HG-CONTAMINATED LANDS; MERCURY-TOLERANT RHIZOBIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; RESTORATION PRACTICES; RHIZOBIA-LEGUME SYMBIOSIS; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

MERCURY (METAL);

HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; RNA 16S;

BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HABITAT RESTORATION; HOST PLANT; INHIBITOR; INOCULATION; LEGUME; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NODULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOIL POLLUTION; TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BRADYRHIZOBIUM CANARIENSE; CELL GROWTH; CLOVER; ENSIFER MEDICAE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEGUME; LUPIN; MEDICAGO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHASEOLUS; PLANT GROWTH; RETAMA; RHIZOBIALES; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SOIL POLLUTION; VICIA;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM CANARIENSE; FABACEAE; LUPINUS; MEDICAGO; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); RETAMA; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MEDICAE; TRIFOLIUM; VICIA;

EID: 84866500081     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3832-z     Document Type: Article

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