Endosymbiotic bacteria in mycorrhizal fungi: From their morphology to genomic sequences

Plant and Soil

Volumn 244, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 211-219

  Minerdi, D ^a   Bianciotto, V ^a   Bonfante, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Bacterial sequences; Endosymbiotic Burkholderia; Gigasporaceae; nif genes; Tuberaceae

Indexed keywords

GENOME; MORPHOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; FUNGI; GIGASPORACEAE; PROKARYOTA; TUBERACEAE;

EID: 0036657655     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020211821753     Document Type: Conference Paper

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