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Rhizobium common nod genes are required for biofilm formation.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Feb 2008
Fujishige Nancy A, Lum Michelle R, De Hoff Peter L, Whitelegge Julian P, Faull Kym F, Hirsch Ann M
Abstract excerpt
In legume nitrogen-fixing symbioses, rhizobial nod genes are obligatory for initiating infection thread formation and root nodule development. Here we show that the common nod genes, nodD1ABC, whose products synthesize core Nod factor, a chitin-like oligomer, are also required for the establishment of the three-dimensional architecture of the biofilm of Sinorhizobium meliloti. Common nod gene mutants form a...
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