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Symbiotic bacteria of plant-associated fungi: friends or foes?
Current opinion in plant biology - 1 Aug 2020
Bastías Daniel A, Johnson Linda J, Card Stuart D
Abstract excerpt
Many bacteria form symbiotic associations with plant-associated fungi. The effects of these symbionts on host fitness usually depend on symbiont or host genotypes and environmental conditions. However, bacterial endosymbionts, that is those living within fungal cells, may positively regulate host performance as their survival is often heavily dependent on host fitness. Contrary to this, bacteria that establish...
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