Legume-Nodulating Betaproteobacteria: Diversity, Host Range, and Future Prospects

Legume-Nodulating Betaproteobacteria: Diversity, Host Range, and Future Prospects

Rhizobia form specialized nodules on the roots of legumes (family Fabaceae) and fix nitrogen in exchange for carbon from the host plant. Although the majority of legumes form symbioses with members of genus Rhizobium and its relatives in class Alphaproteobacteria, some legumes, such as those in the...

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Main Authors: Prasad Gyaneshwar, Ann M. Hirsch, Lionel Moulin, Wen-Ming Chen, Geoffrey N. Elliott, Cyril Bontemps, Paulina Estrada-de los Santos, Eduardo Gross, Fabio Bueno dos Reis, Janet I. Sprent, J. Peter W. Young, Euan K. James
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-06-11-0172

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