Overview
- Editors:
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Herman P. Spaink
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Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, Clusius Laboratory, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Adam Kondorosi
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Institut des Sciences Végétales, CNRS, Gif sur Yvette, Cedex, France
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Paul J. J. Hooykaas
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Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, Clusius Laboratory, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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- Az-Eddine Hadri, Ton Bisseling
Pages 403-416
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- Pierre A. Kaminski, Jacques Batut, Pierre Boistard
Pages 431-460
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- Michael L. Kahn, Tim R. McDermott, Michael K. Udvardi
Pages 461-485
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Back Matter
Pages 531-566
About this book
The Rhizobiaceae, Molecular Biology of Model Plant-Associated Bacteria. This book gives a comprehensive overview on our present molecular biological knowledge about the Rhizobiaceae, which currently can be called the best-studied family of soil bacteria. For many centuries they have attracted the attention of scientists because of their capacity to associate with plants and as a consequence also to specifically modify plant development. Some of these associations are beneficial for the plant, as is the case for the Rhizobiaceae subgroups collectively called rhizobia, which are able to fix nitrogen in a symbiosis with the plant hosts. This symbiosis results in the fonnation of root or stem nodules, as illustrated on the front cover. In contrast, several Rhizobiaceae subgroups can negatively affect plant development and evoke plant diseases. Examples are Agrobacterium tumefaciens andA. rhizogenes which induce the formation of crown galls or hairy roots on the stems of their host plants, respectively (bottom panels on front cover). In addition to the obvious importance of studies on the Rhizobiaceae for agronomy, this research field has resulted in the discovery of many fundamental scientific principles of general interest, which are highlighted in this book. To mention three examples: (i) the discovery of DNA transfer of A.
