Bacteria and fungi can contribute to nutrients bioavailability and aggregate formation in degraded soils

Microbiological Research

Volumn 183, Issue , 2016, Pages 26-41

  Rashid, Muhammad Imtiaz ^a,b   Mujawar, Liyakat Hamid ^a   Shahzad, Tanvir ^c   Almeelbi, Talal ^a   Ismail, Iqbal M I ^a   Oves, Mohammad ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Environmental Sciences   (Pakistan)

^c GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Degraded land; Food security; Microbial inocula; Nutrient bioavailability; Siderophores; Soil aggregation; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CROPS; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FERTILIZERS; FOOD SUPPLY; FUNGI; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENTS; RESTORATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FOOD SECURITY; INOCULA; SIDEROPHORES; SOIL AGGREGATION; SOIL FERTILITY;

SOILS;

BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; CROP PRODUCTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD SECURITY; FUNGUS; LAND DEGRADATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC MATTER; SIDEROPHORE; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL STRUCTURE; SUSTAINABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

FERTILIZER; PHOSPHORUS; SIDEROPHORE; SOIL;

AGRICULTURAL INOCULATION; AGRICULTURE; BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; CROP; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; SOIL;

AGRICULTURAL INOCULANTS; AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FERTILIZERS; FUNGI; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; PHOSPHORUS; SIDEROPHORES; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84957063935     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2015.11.007     Document Type: Review

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