Phosphorus-free membrane lipids of Sinorhizobium meliloti are not required for the symbiosis with alfalfa but contribute to increased cell yields under phosphorus-limiting conditions of growth

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 973-982

  López Lara, Isabel M ^a   Gao, Jun Lian ^a   Soto, María José ^b   Solares Pérez, Alhondra ^a   Weissenmayer, Barbara ^a,e   Sohlenkamp, Christian ^a   Verroios, George P ^c,d   Thomas Oates, Jane ^c,d   Geiger, Otto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHOSPHORUS;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT ROOTS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 23844473772     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-18-0973     Document Type: Article

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