Table of Contents

Preface 1. Nitrogen Fixing Endosymbiotic Bacteria: Old Chaps and New Findings 2. Biodiversity of Slow-Growing Rhizobia: The Genus Bradyrhizobium 3. Importance of Motile and Biofilm Lifestyles of Rhizobia for the Establishment of Symbiosis with Legumes 4. Nod Factor Production and Abiotic Stress in Rhizobium 5. Strategies of Salt Tolerance in the Rhizobia-Legume Symbiosis 6. Mineral Nutrition in the Legume-Rhizobia Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis 7. Metal Transport in the Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis 8. Ecology of Denitrification in Soils and Plant-Associated Bacteria 9. Bacterial Protein Secretion Systems: Implications in Beneficial Associations with Plants 10. Nodular Endophytes: An Untapped Diversity 11. Azospirillum-Plant Interaction: from Root Colonization to Plant Growth Promotion 12. Biocontrol of Fungal Root Pathogens by Fluorescent Pseudomonas 13. Inoculants based in Autochthonous Microorganisms, a Strategy to Optimize Agronomic Performance of Biofertilizers 14. Engineering the Rhizosphere of Legumes for Improved Bioremediation 15. Arbuscular Mycorrhizas and their Significance in Promoting Soil-Plant System Sustainability against Environmental Stresses 16. Can Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) be Effective Tools for Improving the Nutritional Quality of Crops? Findings from a Worldwide Consumed Vegetable: Lettuce; 17. Ectomycorrhizal Plants: Methods, Applications and Certification 18. Metagenomics of Plant-Microorganism Interaction: Source of Novel Recombinant Genes for Biotechnological Applications

About the Author

M. Belén Rodelas González Department of Microbiology Faculty of Pharmacy; Jesús González-López Department of Microbiology Faculty of Pharmacy, both University of Granada, Spain.