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Cell Autoaggregation, Biofilm Formation, and Plant Attachment in a Sinorhizobium meliloti lpsB Mutant.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Oct 2018
Sorroche Fernando, Bogino Pablo, Russo Daniela M, Zorreguieta Angeles, Nievas Fiorela, Morales Gustavo M, Hirsch Ann M, Giordano Walter
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial surface molecules are crucial for the establishment of a successful rhizobia-legume symbiosis, and, in most bacteria, are also critical for adherence properties, surface colonization, and as a barrier for defense. Rhizobial mutants defective in the production of exopolysaccharides (EPSs), lipopolysaccharides (LPSs), or capsular polysaccharides are usually affected in symbiosis with their plant hosts. In...
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