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Sequence based data supports a single Nostoc strain in individual coralloid roots of cycads.
FEMS microbiology ecology - 1 Sept 2004
Costa José-Luis, Romero Esperanza Martínez, Lindblad Peter
Abstract excerpt
The genetic diversity of cyanobacteria associated with cycads was examined using the tRNA(Leu) (UAA) intron as a genetic marker. Coralloid roots of both natural populations of the cycad Macrozamia riedlei (Fischer ex Gaudichaud-Beaupré) C.A. Gardner growing in Perth, Australia and cycads growing in greenhouses, also in Perth, were used and their respective cyanobionts analyzed. Several Nostoc strains were found...
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