An Endoglucanase Is Involved in Infection of Rice Roots by the Not-Cellulose-Metabolizing Endophyte Azoarcus Sp. Strain BH72

The nitrogen-fixing endophyte Azoarcus sp. strain BH72 infects roots of Kallar grass and rice inter- and intra-cellularly and can spread systemically into shoots without causing symptoms of plant disease. Although cellulose or its breakdown products do not support growth, this strain expresses an en...

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Main Authors: Barbara Reinhold-Hurek, Tamara Maes, Sabrina Gemmer, Marc Van Montagu, Thomas Hurek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The American Phytopathological Society 2006-02-01
Series:Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
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Online Access:https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI-19-0181