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The independent acquisition of plant root nitrogen-fixing symbiosis in Fabids recruited the same genetic pathway for nodule organogenesis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Svistoonoff Sergio, Benabdoun Faiza Meriem, Nambiar-Veetil Mathish, Imanishi Leandro, Vaissayre Virginie, Cesari Stella, Diagne Nathalie, Hocher Valérie, de Billy Françoise, Bonneau Jocelyne, Wall Luis, Ykhlef Nadia, Rosenberg Charles, Bogusz Didier, Franche Claudine, Gherbi Hassen
Abstract excerpt
Only species belonging to the Fabid clade, limited to four classes and ten families of Angiosperms, are able to form nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbioses (RNS) with soil bacteria. This concerns plants of the legume family (Fabaceae) and Parasponia (Cannabaceae) associated with the Gram-negative proteobacteria collectively called rhizobia and actinorhizal plants associated with the Gram-positive actinomycetes of...
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