Rhizobitoxine producers gain more poly-3-hydroxybutyrate in symbiosis than do competing rhizobia, but reduce plant growth

ISME Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 870-872

  Ratcliff, William C ^a   Denison, R Ford ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheating; Cooperation; Evolutionary conflict; Manipulation

Indexed keywords

RHIZOBIACEAE;

HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLY-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLYESTER; PROPANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; RHIZOBITOXINE;

ANTIBIOSIS; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; RHIZOBIACEAE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANTIBIOSIS; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; PLANTS; POLYESTERS; PROPANOLAMINES; RHIZOBIACEAE; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 67949091228     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2009.38     Document Type: Article

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