Bacteroid Development in Legume Nodules: Evolution of Mutual Benefit or of Sacrificial Victims?
Symbiosomes are organelle-like structures in the cytoplasm of legume nodule cells which are composed of the special, nitrogen-fixing forms of rhizobia called bacteroids, the peribacteroid space and the enveloping peribacteroid membrane of plant origin. The formation of these symbiosomes requires a c...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The American Phytopathological Society
2011-11-01
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Series: | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions |
Online Access: | https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI-06-11-0152 |