Nitrogen fixation - a millions of years old symbiosis

Most likely the capability of plant symbiosis with nitrogen fixing root bacteria origins in a single and profound event more than 100 millions of years ago.


Publication:
Werner, G. D. A. et al. A single evolutionary innovation drives the deep evolution of symbiotic N2 fixation in angiosperms. Nat. Commun. 5:4087, doi: 10.1038/ncomms5087 (2014).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5087


Contact:
Jens Kattge
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Ressearch Group “Functional Biogeographie”
Hans-Knöll-Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany
Phone: +49 3641 576226
Email: jkattge(at)bgc-jena.mpg.de