Competitive Advantage Provided by Bacterial Motility in the Formation of Nodules by Rhizobium meliloti
- 1 November 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 148 (2) , 728-729
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.148.2.728-729.1981
Abstract
The effect of motility on the competitive success of R. meliloti in nodule production was investigated. A motile strain formed more nodules [on legumes] than expected when mixed at various unfavorable ratios with either flagellated or nonflagellated nonmotile derivatives. Motility confers a selective advantage on rhizobia when competing with nonmotile strains.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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