Title |
Exploring the plant-associated bacterial communities in Medicago sativa L
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Published in |
BMC Microbiology, May 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2180-12-78 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Francesco Pini, Arcangela Frascella, Luisa Santopolo, Marco Bazzicalupo, Emanuele G Biondi, Carla Scotti, Alessio Mengoni |
Abstract |
Plant-associated bacterial communities caught the attention of several investigators which study the relationships between plants and soil and the potential application of selected bacterial species in crop improvement and protection. Medicago sativa L. is a legume crop of high economic importance as forage in temperate areas and one of the most popular model plants for investigations on the symbiosis with nitrogen fixing rhizobia (mainly belonging to the alphaproteobacterial species Sinorhizobium meliloti). However, despite its importance, no studies have been carried out looking at the total bacterial community associated with the plant. In this work we explored for the first time the total bacterial community associated with M. sativa plants grown in mesocosms conditions, looking at a wide taxonomic spectrum, from the class to the single species (S. meliloti) level. |
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