Exopolysaccharide production by nitrogen-fixing bacteria within nodules of Medicago plants exposed to chronic radiation in the Chernobyl exclusion zone

• Title: Exopolysaccharide production by nitrogen-fixing bacteria within nodules of Medicago plants exposed to chronic radiation in the Chernobyl exclusion zone

Author: Pawlicki-Jullian, Nathalie / Courtois, Bernard / Pillon, Michelle / Lesur, David / Le Flèche-Mateos, Anne / Laberche, Jean-Claude / Goncharova, Nadia / Courtois, Josiane

Reference: Research in Microbiology, 161 (2), p.101-108, Mar 2010

doi: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.12.009

Keywords: Chernobyl exclusion zone; Exopolysaccharides; Nitrogen-fixing bacteria; Enterobacteriaceae; Medicago; Diversity

Abstract: Nitrogen-fixing bacteria isolated from root nodules of Medicago plants growing in the 10 km zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant were screened for the production of new water-soluble acidic exopolysaccharides (EPSs).

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0923250810000045