Extended hopanoid loss reduces bacterial motility and surface attachment and leads to heterogeneity in root nodule kinetics in a Bradyrhizobium-Aeschynomene symbiosis
B. J. Belin, E. T. Tookmanian, J. de Anda, G. Wong, D. K. Newman
This study shows that loss of extended hopanoids in Bradyrhizobium reduces bacterial motility and surface attachment, leading to heterogeneous root nodule development in Aeschynomene afraspera.
bioRxiv · Dec 18, 2018Microbiology