Rhizobial Adaptation to Hosts, a New Facet in the Legume Root-Nodule Symbiosis

Rhizobia are able to infect legume roots, elicit root nodules, and live therein as endosymbiotic, nitrogen-fixing bacteroids. Host recognition and specificity are the results of early programming events in bacteria and plants, in which important signal molecules play key roles. Here, we introduce a...

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Main Authors: Marion Koch, Nathanaël Delmotte, Hubert Rehrauer, Julia A. Vorholt, Gabriella Pessi, Hauke Hennecke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The American Phytopathological Society 2010-06-01
Series:Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Online Access:https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI-23-6-0784