Problem - Based Microbiology

Part I: Rhizobia-Legume Symbioses The Diversity and Evolution of Rhizobia A. Dresler-Nurmi · D. P. Fewer · L. A. Räsänen · K. Lindström . . . . . . 3 Erratum to The Diversity and Evolution of Rhizobia A. Dresler-Nurmi · D. P. Fewer · L. A. Räsänen · K. Lindström . . . . . . 43 Making Rhizobium-Infected Root Nodules A.Untergasser ·T.Bisseling·R.Geurts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Functional Genomics of Rhizobia A.Becker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Part II: Actinorhizal Symbioses Evolution and Diversity of Frankia P.Normand·M.P.Fernandez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Induction of Actinorhizal Nodules by Frankia K.Pawlowski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Physiology of Actinorhizal Nodules T.Persson·K.Huss-Danell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 VIII Contents Part III: Cyanobacterial Symbioses Physiological Adaptations in Nitrogen-fixing Nostoc-Plant Symbiotic Associations J.C.Meeks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Why Does Gunnera Do It and Other Angiosperms Don't? An Evolutionary Perspective on the Gunnera-Nostoc Symbiosis B.Osborne·B.Bergman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Cyanobacteria in Symbiosis with Cycads P.Lindblad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Structural Characteristics of the Cyanobacterium-Azolla Symbioses W.Zheng·L.Rang·B.Bergman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Relations Between Cyanobacterial Symbionts in Lichens and Plants J.Rikkinen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Part IV: Diazotrophic Endophytes Diazotrophic Bacterial Endophytes in Gramineae and Other Plants M.Rothballer ·M.Schmid·A.Hartmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Subject Index .