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Competitive interference among rhizobia reduces benefits to hosts.
Current biology : CB - 24 Jul 2023
Rahman Arafat, Manci Max, Nadon Cassandra, Perez Ivan A, Farsamin Warisha F, Lampe Matthew T, Le Tram H, Torres Martínez Lorena, Weisberg Alexandra J, Chang Jeff H, Sachs Joel L
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The capacity of beneficial microbes to compete for host infection-and the ability of hosts to discriminate among them-introduces evolutionary conflict that is predicted to destabilize mutualism. We investigated fitness outcomes in associations between legumes and their symbiotic rhizobia to characterize fitness impacts of microbial competition. Diverse Bradyrhizobium strains varying in their capacity to fix...
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