Characteristics of Plant Surfaces

Gould, Jean H.; Northcote, D. H.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-6514-7_4

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“…The obvious candidates are mucilages exuded at root hairs and at the root cap. Maize root cap mucilage consists of a neutral P(1-4)-glucan polymer and of acidic polymers containing fucose, arabinose, galactose, galacturonic acid, and, as minor constituents, xylose, glucose, and mannose (6). The same carbohydrates occur also in the rice root cap slime but in different molar ratios (1).…”

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Associative Nitrogen Fixation by Klebsiella spp.: Adhesion Sites and Inoculation Effects on Grass Roots

Haahtela

Laakso

Korhonen

1986

Appl Environ Microbiol

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Adhesion sites on grass roots for Klebsiella strains carrying type 3 or type 1 fimbriae or both were determined. Adhesion of the strains to the roots of Poa pratensis and Festuca rubra was highly localized; the bacteria adhered strongly to root hairs and with a markedly lower efficiency to the surface of the zone of elongation and to the root cap mucilage. No adhesion to the epidermal cells between root hairs was observed. The adhesion sites were identical for the type 3and 1-fimbriated bacteria and for P. pratensis, F. rubra, and Trifolium pratense. Inoculation of P. pratensis seedlings with Klebsiella pneumoniae strain As resulted in morphological changes in plant roots. The roots of infected plants were heavily covered with root hairs, which often were deformed and branched.

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