Extracellular polysaccharide protects Rhizobium leguminosarum cells against zinc stress in vitro and during symbiosis with clover

Autor: Magdalena, Kopycińska, Paulina, Lipa, Jolanta, Cieśla, Marta, Kozieł, Monika, Janczarek
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Environmental microbiology reports. 10(3)
ISSN: 1758-2229
Popis: Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii is a soil bacterium that establishes symbiosis with clover (Trifolium spp.) under nitrogen-limited conditions. This microorganism produces exopolysaccharide (EPS), which plays an important role in symbiotic interactions with the host plant. The aim of the current study was to establish the role of EPS in the response of R. leguminosarum bv. trifolii cells, free-living and during symbiosis, to zinc stress. We show that EPS-deficient mutants were more sensitive to Zn
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