discaria trinervis/actinomycosis

The influence of saprophytic actinomycetes strains on the Discaria trinervis - Frankia actinorhizal symbiosis was investigated. Three strains out of 122 isolated from the rhizosphere and rhizoplane of D. trinervis with multiple enzymatic activities, were selected for plant growth experiments:

The infective capacities of the nitrogen fixing Actinomycete Frankia and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from soils near watercourses, along a vegetation gradient, were studied using plant bioassays. Frankia and arbuscular mycorrhizas capable of infecting Discaria trinervis were found at seventeen

The essentiality of boron (B) for nitrogen fixation in heterocystous cyanobacteria and rhizobial symbioses has been widely established. However, nothing is known about the possible involvement of the micronutrient in actinorhizal symbioses. Therefore, the effect of boron (B) deficiency on the

To study the global diversity of plant-symbiotic nitrogen-fixing Frankia strains, a rapid method was used to isolate DNA from these actinomycetes in root nodules. The procedure used involved dissecting the symbiont from nodule lobes; ascorbic acid was used to maintain plant phenolic compounds in the

Only species belonging to the Fabid clade, limited to four classes and ten families of Angiosperms, are able to form nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbioses (RNS) with soil bacteria. This concerns plants of the legume family (Fabaceae) and Parasponia (Cannabaceae) associated with the Gram-negative

Mutualistic plant-microbe associations are widespread in natural ecosystems and have made major contributions throughout the evolutionary history of terrestrial plants. Amongst the most remarkable of these are the so-called root endosymbioses, resulting from the intracellular colonization of host