Prokaryotic Symbionts in Plants

About this book

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 Microbiology Monographs 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.

Contents

A Dresler-Nurmi, D P Fewer, L A. Rasanen, K Lindstrom: The diversity and evolution of rhizobia; A Untergasser, T Bisseling, R Geurts: Making rhizobium-infected root nodules; A Becker: Functional genomics of rhizobia; P Normand: Frankia - diversity and evolution; K Pawlowski: The infection process in actinorhizal symbioses; Persson, K Huss-Danell: Actinorhizal nodule metabolism; J C Meeks: Physiological adaptations in nitrogen-fixing Nostoc-plant symbiotic associations; B Osborne, B Bergman:Why does Gunnera do it and other angiosperms don't? An evolutionary perspective on the Gunnera-nostoc symbiosis; P Lindblad: Cyanobacteria in symbiosis with cycads; W Zheng, L Rang and B Bergman: Structural characteristics of the cyanobacterium-Azolla symbioses; J Rikkinen: Relations between cyanobacterial symbionts in lichens and plants; M Rothballer, M Schmid, A Hartmann: Diazotrophic bacterial endophytes in Gramineae and other plants

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