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Intraspecific variation in Burkholderia caledonica: Europe vs. Africa and soil vs. endophytic isolates.
Systematic and applied microbiology - 1 May 2014
Verstraete Brecht, Peeters Charlotte, van Wyk Braam, Smets Erik, Dessein Steven, Vandamme Peter
Abstract excerpt
The best-known interaction between bacteria and plants is the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis, but other bacteria-plant interactions exist, such as between Burkholderia and Rubiaceae (coffee family). A number of bacterial endophytes in Rubiaceae are closely related to the soil bacterium Burkholderia caledonica. This intriguing observation is explored by investigating isolates from different geographic regions (Western...
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