The New phytologist
Rhizobial motility preference in root colonization of Medicago truncatula.
Anaïs Delers, Anne Bennion, Ambre Guillory, Lisa Frances, Elizaveta Krol, Fanny Bonnafous, Laurena Medioni, Javier Serrania, Rémi Peyraud, Joëlle Fournier, Fernanda de Carvalho-Niebel, Anke Becker
Published: 202610.1111/nph.70897
Abstract
Tunnel-like infection thread (IT) structures support root colonization by symbiotic nitrogen-fixing rhizobia bacteria in most legume species. These tip-grown structures are key to directing rhizobia from root hairs to developing nodules, where they a…
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