Function of Succinoglycan Polysaccharide in Sinorhizobium meliloti Host Plant Invasion Depends on Succinylation, Not Molecular Weight
The acidic polysaccharide succinoglycan produced by the rhizobial symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 is required for this bacterium to invade the host plant Medicago truncatula and establish a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis. S. meliloti mutants that cannot make succinoglycan cannot initiate invasion st...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2016-06-01
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| Series: | mBio |
| Online Access: | http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/3/e00606-16 |