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Identification and characterization of a nodH ortholog from the alfalfa-nodulating Or191-like rhizobia.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Feb 2007
Del Papa M F, Pistorio M, Draghi W O, Lozano M J, Giusti M A, Medina C, van Dillewijn P, Martínez-Abarca F, Moron Flores B, Ruiz-Sainz J E, Megías M, Pühler A, Niehaus K, Toro N, Lagares A
Abstract excerpt
Nodulation of Medicago sativa (alfalfa) is known to be restricted to Sinorhizobium meliloti and a few other rhizobia that include the poorly characterized isolates related to Rhizobium sp. strain Or191. Distinctive features of the symbiosis between alfalfa and S. meliloti are the marked specificity from the plant to the bacteria and the strict requirement for the presence of sulfated lipochitooligosaccharides...
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