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Experimental evolution of nodule intracellular infection in legume symbionts.
The ISME journal - 1 Jul 2013
Guan Su Hua, Gris Carine, Cruveiller Stéphane, Pouzet Cécile, Tasse Lena, Leru Aurélie, Maillard Aline, Médigue Claudine, Batut Jacques, Masson-Boivin Catherine, Capela Delphine
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Soil bacteria known as rhizobia are able to establish an endosymbiosis with legumes that takes place in neoformed nodules in which intracellularly hosted bacteria fix nitrogen. Intracellular accommodation that facilitates nutrient exchange between the two partners and protects bacteria from plant defense reactions has been a major evolutionary step towards mutualism. Yet the forces that drove the selection of the...
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