Sanctioning of bacterial cheaters by the host plant in nitrogen-fixing symbiosis between Medicago truncatula and Sinorhizobium meliloti
Min Chen, Axelle Raisin, Natalie Judkins, Pierre‐Marie Allard, Emmanuel Défossez, Michael Stumpe, Inmaculada Yruela, Manuel Becana, Didier Reinhardt
The paper investigates how Medicago truncatula sanctions Sinorhizobium meliloti cheaters in nitrogen-fixing symbiosis by altering resource exchange and analyzing metabolic and proteomic changes in nodules.
New Phytologist · Sep 5, 2025Peer-reviewedPlant Biology