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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Main Authors: Attila Kereszt, Peter Mergaert, Eva Kondorosi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The American Phytopathological Society 2011-11-01
Series:Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Online Access:https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI-06-11-0152