Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) supports survival and reproduction in starving rhizobia

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-399

  Ratcliff, William C ^a,c   Kadam, Supriya V ^b,c   Denison, Robert Ford ^c  

^a Department of Evolution Ecology and Organismal Biology at Ohio State   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheating; Coevolution; Fitness; Mutualism; Symbiosis; Tradeoff

Indexed keywords

CARBON; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID);

CARBON; CHEATING BEHAVIOR; COEVOLUTION; FITNESS; LEGUME; LIPID; MUTUALISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; POLYMER; POPULATION SIZE; RHIZOBACTERIUM; STARVATION; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CENTRIFUGATION; DENSITY GRADIENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIACEAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STARVATION;

CARBON; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; POLYESTERS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 49249111527     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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