Prokaryotic Symbionts in Plants

2009
ISBN: 978-3-540-75459-6
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 306 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 699 g

Reihe: Microbiology Monographs

Endophytic prokaryotes can invade the tissue of the host plant without triggering defense reactions or disease symptoms. Instead, they promote the growth of the host plant due to their ability to fix atmospheric dinitrogen and/or to produce plant growth-promoting substances.

This volume presents up-to-date findings on the interactions between plants and beneficial prokaryotes, including the use of genomics for the analysis of plant-prokaryote symbioses and their evolution. Rhizobia-legume, actinorhizal and cyanobacterial symbioses are presented.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pawlowski, Katharina

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Nutzpflanzen: Biologie, Genetik, Pflanzenzüchtung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Mikrobiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Rhizobia-Legume Symbioses.- The Diversity and Evolution of Rhizobia.- Erratum to The Diversity and Evolution of Rhizobia.- Making Rhizobium-Infected Root Nodules.- Functional Genomics of Rhizobia.- Actinorhizal Symbioses.- Evolution and Diversity of Frankia.- Induction of Actinorhizal Nodules by Frankia.- Physiology of Actinorhizal Nodules.- Cyanobacterial Symbioses.- Physiological Adaptations in Nitrogen-fixing Nostoc–Plant Symbiotic Associations.- Why Does Gunnera Do It and Other Angiosperms Don't? An Evolutionary Perspective on the Gunnera–Nostoc Symbiosis.- Cyanobacteria in Symbiosis with Cycads.- Structural Characteristics of the Cyanobacterium–Azolla Symbioses.- Relations Between Cyanobacterial Symbionts in Lichens and Plants.- Diazotrophic Endophytes.- Diazotrophic Bacterial Endophytes in Gramineae and Other Plants.