Rhizobia are attracted to localized sites on legume roots
- 1 July 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 48 (1), 149-152
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.48.1.149-152.1984
Abstract
Clouds of Rhizobium meliloti were attracted to localized sites on the surface of the infectible region of alfalfa roots. This behavior, which required active motility and chemotaxis, was not species specific. Correlation between the behavior of various mutants and their competitiveness for nodulation suggests that cloud formation has a role in the infection of host legume roots by rhizobia.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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