Nodulation of legumes by members of the beta-subclass of Proteobacteria (vol 411, pg 948, 2001)

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DOI  :  10.1038/35091106

来源: SCIE

【 摘 要 】

Members of the Leguminosae form the largest plant family on Earth, with around 18,000 species. The success of legumes can largely be attributed to their ability to form a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with specific bacteria known as rhizobia, manifested by the development of nodules on the plant roots in which the bacteria fix atmospheric nitrogen, a major contributor to the global nitrogen cycle. Rhizobia described so far belong exclusively to the alpha -subclass of Proteobacteria, where they are distributed in four distinct phylogenetic branches(1,2). Although nitrogen-fixing bacteria exist in other proteobacterial subclasses, for example Herbaspirillum and Azoarcus from the phylogenetically distant beta -subclass, none has been found to harbour the nod genes essential for establishing rhizobial symbiosis(3,4). Here we report the identification of proteobacteria from the beta -subclass that nodulate legumes. This finding shows that the ability to establish a symbiosis with legumes is more widespread in bacteria than anticipated to date.

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