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Prokaryotic Symbionts in Plants pp 45–69Cite as

Making Rhizobium-Infected Root Nodules

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Abstract

Rhizobium bacteria have the unique capability to establish a symbiosis with higher plants of the taxonomic family of Fabaceae (also named Leguminosae) in which a new root organ, the nodule, is formed. In this nodule atmospheric nitrogen (N2) is fixed into ammonia and supplied to the plant. It is this symbiosis that will be central in this chapter. We will focus on the underlying molecular networks that are essential to make this interaction happen.

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Untergasser, A., Bisseling, T., Geurts, R. (2008). Making Rhizobium-Infected Root Nodules. In: Pawlowski, K. (eds) Prokaryotic Symbionts in Plants. Microbiology Monographs, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/7171_2008_119

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