Small is Plentiful
2016
Masson Boivin, Catherine | Laboratoire des interactions plantes micro-organismes (LIPM) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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显示更多 [+] 显示较少 [-]英语. Rhizobia are legume symbionts that arise through horizontal transfer of symbiotic genes among soil bacteria. A recent study shows that these transfers occur frequently at a micro-scale, leading to unexpected rhizobial diversity and emergence of symbiovars within species. This confirms the disconnection between function and taxonomy in bacterial communities.
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