Rhizobium biology and biotechnology

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This book provides in-depth reviews of the role of Rhizobium in agriculture and its biotechnological applications. Individual chapters explore topics such as: the occurrence and distribution of Rhizobium; phenotypic and molecular characteristics of Rhizobium; impact of Rhizobium on other microbial communities in the rhizosphere; N2-fixation ability of Rhizobium; Rhizobium and biotic stress; Rhizobium-mediated restoration of an ecosystem; in silico analysis of the rhizobia pool; further biotechnological perspectives of Rhizobium. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Impact of Rhizobial Inoculants on Rhizospheric Microbial Communities (Richa Sharma, Virendra S. Bisaria, Shilpi Sharma)....Pages 1-10 Restoration of Degraded Pasture Soils on the Basis of EM Associations (Irina Smirnova, Amankeldy Sadanov, Aidana Sabdenova, Aray Nurmukhanbetova)....Pages 11-24 Rhizobium as a Crop Enhancer and Biofertilizer for Increased Non-legume Production (Souad Zaim, Ahmed Amine Bekkar, Lakhdar Belabid)....Pages 25-37 Role of Root Nodule Bacteria in Improving Soil Fertility and Growth Attributes of Leguminous Plants Under Arid and Semiarid Environments (S. K. Singh, Rakesh Pathak, Anjly Pancholy)....Pages 39-60 Diversity, Nitrogen fixation, and Biotechnology of Rhizobia from Arid Zone Plants (Rakesh Pathak, S. K. Singh, Praveen Gehlot)....Pages 61-81 Rhizobium in Rice Yield and Growth Enhancement (Kalaivani K. Nadarajah)....Pages 83-103 Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobium: Mechanisms and Biotechnological Prospective (Anita Patil, Ankit Kale, Gaurav Ajane, Rubina Sheikh, Surendra Patil)....Pages 105-134 Recent Trends in Identification and Molecular Characterization of Rhizobia Species (Pranay Jain, Ram Kumar Pundir)....Pages 135-164 Genetic Construction of Stable Rhizobial Genotypes for Improved Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation (Dharmesh Harwani, Jyotsna Begani, Jyoti Lakhani)....Pages 165-184 Hierarchical Clustering-Based Algorithms and In Silico Techniques for Phylogenetic Analysis of Rhizobia (Jyoti Lakhani, Ajay Khuteta, Anupama Choudhary, Dharmesh Harwani)....Pages 185-214 Species Diversity of Rhizobia (A. Tak, P. Gehlot, R. Pathak, S. K. Singh)....Pages 215-245 Biotechnological Perspectives of Legume–Rhizobium Symbiosis (Anukool Vaishnav, Alexander P. Hansen, Pawan Kumar Agrawal, Ajit Varma, Devendra K. Choudhary)....Pages 247-256 Exopolysaccharide from Rhizobia: Production and Role in Symbiosis (M. Senthil Kumar, K. SwarnaLakshmi, K. Annapurna)....Pages 257-292 Nitrogenase (a Key Enzyme): Structure and Function (Devendra K. Choudhary, Ajit Varma)....Pages 293-307 Structure, Function, and Estimation of Leghemoglobin (Saumya Singh, Ajit Varma)....Pages 309-330 Back Matter ....Pages 331-339