ROLE OF CELL-SURFACE AGGLUTININS OF RHIZOBIUM-LEGUMINOSARUM IN THE ATTACHMENT TO PEA ROOTS

Authors
KARPUNINA LV SAVENKOVA NN VISHNEVETSKAYA OA MASHKINA AB NIKITINA VE
Citation
Lv. Karpunina et al., ROLE OF CELL-SURFACE AGGLUTININS OF RHIZOBIUM-LEGUMINOSARUM IN THE ATTACHMENT TO PEA ROOTS, Microbiology, 65(4), 1996, pp. 448-452
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00262617
Volume
65
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
448 - 452
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-2617(1996)65:4<448:ROCAOR>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The attachment of cells of Rhizobium leguminosarum 252 and its mutant R. leguminosarum 252/7, which is deficient in hemagglutinating activit y, to pea seedling roots (Uladovskii Yubileinyi variety) was studied b y the isotope method with the use of D(1-C-14)glucose. The number of c ells attached to pea roots was shown to be 2.6 times smaller in the ca se of the mutant strain. The results suggest that agglutinins located on the cell surface of rhizobia play an important role in their attach ment to pea roots.