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SUBMITTER: Daubech B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5687860 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Daubech Benoit B Remigi Philippe P Doin de Moura Ginaini G Marchetti Marta M Pouzet Cécile C Auriac Marie-Christine MC Gokhale Chaitanya S CS Masson-Boivin Catherine C Capela Delphine D
eLife 20171012
Mutualism is of fundamental importance in ecosystems. Which factors help to keep the relationship mutually beneficial and evolutionarily successful is a central question. We addressed this issue for one of the most significant mutualistic interactions on Earth, which associates plants of the leguminosae family and hundreds of nitrogen (N<sub>2</sub>)-fixing bacterial species. Here we analyze the spatio-temporal dynamics of fixers and non-fixers along the symbiotic process in the <i>Cupriavidus t ...[more]