Burkholderia species are the most common and preferred nodulating symbionts of the Piptadenia group (tribe Mimoseae).

Burkholderia legume symbionts (also called α-rhizobia) are ancient in origin and are the main nitrogen-fixing symbionts of species belonging to the large genus Mimosa in Brazil. We investigated the extent of the affinity between Burkholderia and species in the tribe Mimoseae by studying symbionts of...

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Main Authors: Caroline Bournaud, Sergio Miana de Faria, José Miguel Ferreira dos Santos, Pierre Tisseyre, Michele Silva, Clémence Chaintreuil, Eduardo Gross, Euan K James, Yves Prin, Lionel Moulin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23691052/pdf/?tool=EBI