Endobacteria or bacterial endosymbionts? To be or not to be [2]

New Phytologist

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-208

  Lumini, Erica ^a   Ghignone, Stefano ^a   Bianciotto, Valeria ^a   Bonfante, Paola ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANT PROTECTION   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Burkholderia sp.; Candidatus Glomeribacter gigasporarum; Endosymbiosis; Fungi

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BURKHOLDERIACEAE; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGUS; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; RHIZOPUS; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BURKHOLDERIACEAE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FUNGI; MYCORRHIZAE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; RHIZOPUS; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA SP.; CANDIDATUS GLOMERIBACTER GIGASPORARUM; FUNGI;

EID: 33645340058     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01673.x     Document Type: Letter

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