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    Bioremediation of Soil Contaminated with Arsenic

    Human-industrial activity causes a remarkable increase in the arsenic (As) environmental concentrations, with a potential impact in plant and animal health, and may cause severe losses in biodiversity. This me...

    María del Carmen Molina in Microbes and Enzymes in Soil Health and Bi… (2019)

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    The Legume Nodule Microbiome: A Source of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria

    Legume nodules harbour two types of bacteria, the rhizobia, responsible for their formation, and other endophytic bacteria whose role in the nodule is still poorly known. These bacteria constitute the nodule m...

    Encarna Velázquez, Lorena Carro, José David Flores-Félix in Probiotics and Plant Health (2017)

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    Recent Advances in the Active Biomolecules Involved in Rhizobia-Legume Symbiosis

    The mutualistic interactions between nodule-forming rhizobia and specific legume host plants involve a series of signalling molecules leading to the establishment of a strong and functional symbiosis between t...

    Esther Menéndez, Pilar Martínez-Hidalgo, Luis R. Silva in Microbes for Legume Improvement (2017)

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    Bacterial Probiotics: A Truly Green Revolution

    Throughout history, the evolution and progress of all human civilizations have been closely linked to the evolution and development of agriculture, since this is the basis of food production to sustain populat...

    Paula García-Fraile, Esther Menéndez, Lorena Celador-Lera in Probiotics and Plant Health (2017)

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    Interactions Between Micromonospora and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

    Micromonospora is a Gram-positive bacterium that can be isolated from nitrogen-fixing root nodules from healthy leguminous plants and promotes plant growth. Selected strains of Micromonospora isolated in...

    Pilar Martínez-Hidalgo in Biological Nitrogen Fixation and Beneficia… (2016)

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    Identification of Rhizobial Strains Nodulating Pisum Sativum in Northern Spain Soils by MALDI-TOF MS (Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry) Analysis

    In this work, we used MALDI-TOF MS for identification of strains nodulating Pisum sativum L. ( in soils from Valladolid, Salamanca and León where the 30 % of the total Spanish production of peas is located. The ...

    Eustoquio Martínez-Molina in Biological Nitrogen Fixation and Beneficia… (2016)