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The Rhizobiaceae

Molecular Biology of Model Plant-Associated Bacteria

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Editors:
  1. Herman P. Spaink

    1. Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, Clusius Laboratory, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

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  2. Adam Kondorosi

    1. Institut des Sciences Végétales, CNRS, Gif sur Yvette, Cedex, France

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  3. Paul J. J. Hooykaas

    1. Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, Clusius Laboratory, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

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The Rhizobiaceae, Molecular Biology of Model Plant-Associated Bacteria. This book gives a comprehensive overview on our present molecular biological knowledge about the Rhizobiaceae, which currently can be called the best-studied family of soil bacteria. For many centuries they have attracted the attention of scientists because of their capacity to associate with plants and as a consequence also to specifically modify plant development. Some of these associations are beneficial for the plant, as is the case for the Rhizobiaceae subgroups collectively called rhizobia, which are able to fix nitrogen in a symbiosis with the plant hosts. This symbiosis results in the fonnation of root or stem nodules, as illustrated on the front cover. In contrast, several Rhizobiaceae subgroups can negatively affect plant development and evoke plant diseases. Examples are Agrobacterium tumefaciens andA. rhizogenes which induce the formation of crown galls or hairy roots on the stems of their host plants, respectively (bottom panels on front cover). In addition to the obvious importance of studies on the Rhizobiaceae for agronomy, this research field has resulted in the discovery of many fundamental scientific principles of general interest, which are highlighted in this book. To mention three examples: (i) the discovery of DNA transfer of A.

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Molecular Evolutionary Systematics of the Rhizobiaceae

    • Peter van Berkum, Bertrand D. Eardly
    Pages 1-24

  3. General Genetic Knowledge

    • Michael F. Hynes, Turlough M. Finan
    Pages 25-43

  4. Outer Membrane Proteins

    • Ben J. J. Lugtenberg
    Pages 45-53

  5. Phospholipids and Alternative Membrane Lipids

    • Otto Geiger
    Pages 55-80

  6. Cell-Surface β-Glucans

    • Michaël W. Breedveld, Karen J. Miller
    Pages 81-96

  7. Production of Exopolysaccharides

    • Anke Becker, Alfred Pühler
    Pages 97-118

  8. Lipopolysaccharides and K-Antigens: Their Structures, Biosynthesis, and Functions

    • Elmar L. Kannenberg, Bradley L. Reuhs, L. Scott Forsberg, Russell W. Carlson
    Pages 119-154

  9. Soil Biology of the Rhizobiaceae

    • Michael J. Sadowsky, Peter H. Graham
    Pages 155-172

  10. Opines and Opine-Like Molecules Involved in Plant-Rhizobiaceae Interactions

    • Yves Dessaux, Annik Petit, Stephen K. Farrand, Peter J. Murphy
    Pages 173-197

  11. Conjugal Plasmids and Their Transfer

    • Stephen K. Farrand
    Pages 199-233

  12. Attachment of Rhizobiaceae to Plant Cells

    • Ann G. Matthysse, Jan W. Kijne
    Pages 235-249

  13. The Agrobacterium Oncogenes

    • Andrew N. Binns, Paolo Costantino
    Pages 251-266

  14. Organization and Regulation of Expression of the Agrobacterium Virulence Genes

    • Tonny M. Johnson, Anath Das
    Pages 267-279

  15. Function of the Ti-Plasmid Vir Proteins: T-Complex Formation and Transfer to the Plant Cell

    • Fernando de la Cruz, Erich Lanka
    Pages 281-301

  16. Role of Virulence Proteins of Agrobacterium in the Plant

    • Luca Rossi, Bruno Tinland, Barbara Hohn
    Pages 303-320

  17. Determinants of Host Specificity of Agrobacterium and their Function

    • Wanyin Deng, Eugene W. Nester
    Pages 321-338

  18. The Use of Agrobacterium for Plant Genetic Engineering

    • Kathleen D’Halluin, Johan Botterman
    Pages 339-345

  19. Diversity of Root Nodulation and Rhizobial Infection Processes

    • Az-Eddine Hadri, Herman P. Spaink, Ton Bisseling, Nicholas J. Brewin
    Pages 347-360

  20. Genetic Organization and Transcriptional Regulation of Rhizobial Nodulation Genes

    • Helmi R. M. Schlaman, Donald A. Phillips, Eva Kondorosi
    Pages 361-386
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, Clusius Laboratory, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Herman P. Spaink, Paul J. J. Hooykaas

  • Institut des Sciences Végétales, CNRS, Gif sur Yvette, Cedex, France

    Adam Kondorosi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Rhizobiaceae

  • Book Subtitle: Molecular Biology of Model Plant-Associated Bacteria

  • Editors: Herman P. Spaink, Adam Kondorosi, Paul J. J. Hooykaas

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5060-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5179-5Due: 31 August 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5180-1Published: 31 July 1998

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-5060-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 566

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Soil Science & Conservation

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