Burkholderia phymatum improves salt tolerance of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Phaseolus vulgaris

Background and aims Burkholderia phymatum strain GR01 is a recently reported common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) symbiont isolated from nodules of plants grown in semi-arid soils in Morocco. The osmotolerance of B. phymatum GR01N under free-living and in symbiotic association with P. vulgaris was investigated in this study.