Article
Correlation between ultrastructural differentiation of bacteroids and nitrogen fixation in alfalfa nodules.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Aug 1990
Vasse J, de Billy F, Camut S, Truchet G
Abstract excerpt
Bacteroid differentiation was examined in developing and mature alfalfa nodules elicited by wild-type or Fix- mutant strains of Rhizobium meliloti. Ultrastructural studies of wild-type nodules distinguished five steps in bacteroid differentiation (types 1 to 5), each being restricted to a well-defined histological region of the nodule. Correlative studies between nodule development, bacteroid differentiation, and...
Topics
- Bacteroides
- DNA, Bacterial
- Medicago sativa
- Microscopy, Electron
- Mutation
- Nitrogen Fixation
- Nitrogenase
- Phenotype
- Plasmids
- Restriction Mapping
