Bogusz Didier, Franche Claudine. (2020). Frankia and the actinorhizal symbiosis. In :
Sharma V. (ed.), Salwan R. (ed.), Al-Ani L.K.T. (ed.). Molecular aspects of plant beneficial microbes in agriculture. Londres : Academic Press, 367-380. ISBN 978-0-12-818469-1.
Sharma V. (ed.), Salwan R. (ed.), Al-Ani L.K.T. (ed.) Molecular aspects of plant beneficial microbes in agriculture
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Londres : Academic Press, 2020,
367-380 ISBN 978-0-12-818469-1
Members of the genus Frankia are gram-positive nitrogen-fixing actinobacteria that can live in a free-living form in the rhizosphere or in symbiotic association with non-leguminous actinorhizal plants belonging to 25 genera of angiosperms. Since the isolation of the first Frankia in 1978, several hundred isolates have been obtained worldwide from root nodules and soils and classified in four clusters. Although it is still difficult to study this valuable microorganism, the development of genomic and molecular tools both in Frankia and in model actinorhizal plants including Alnus glutinosa and Casuarina glauca, has advanced our understanding of this microorganism and its ability to develop a root endosymbiosis.
