Experimental Evolution of a Plant Pathogen into a Legume Symbiont

Marta Marchetti; Delphine Capela; Michelle Glew; Stéphane Cruveiller; Béatrice Chane-Woon-Ming; Carine Gris; Ton Timmers; Véréna Poinsot; Luz B. Gilbert; Philipp Heeb; Claudine Médigue; Jacques Batut; Catherine Masson-Boivin

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000280

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Experimental Evolution of a Plant Pathogen into a Legume Symbiont

Marta Marchetti ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Marta Marchetti, Delphine Capela, Michelle Glew

Affiliation Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes (LIPM), UMR CNRS-INRA 2594/441, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Delphine Capela ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Marta Marchetti, Delphine Capela, Michelle Glew

Affiliation Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes (LIPM), UMR CNRS-INRA 2594/441, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Michelle Glew ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Marta Marchetti, Delphine Capela, Michelle Glew

Current address: Melbourne Dental School, Bio21 Institute of Molecular Science and Biotechnology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Affiliation Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes (LIPM), UMR CNRS-INRA 2594/441, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Stéphane Cruveiller,

Affiliation CNRS-UMR 8030, Evry, France
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Béatrice Chane-Woon-Ming,

Affiliation CNRS-UMR 8030, Evry, France
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Carine Gris,

Affiliation Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes (LIPM), UMR CNRS-INRA 2594/441, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Ton Timmers,

Affiliation Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes (LIPM), UMR CNRS-INRA 2594/441, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Véréna Poinsot,

Affiliation Laboratoire des IMRCP, UMR UPS/CNRS 5623, Toulouse, France
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Luz B. Gilbert,

Affiliation Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes (LIPM), UMR CNRS-INRA 2594/441, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Philipp Heeb,

Affiliation CNRS, UPS, EDB (Laboratoire évolution et Diversité Biologique), UMR5174, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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Claudine Médigue,

Affiliation CNRS-UMR 8030, Evry, France
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Jacques Batut,

Affiliation Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes (LIPM), UMR CNRS-INRA 2594/441, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Catherine Masson-Boivin

* E-mail: catherine.masson@toulouse.inra.fr

Affiliation Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes (LIPM), UMR CNRS-INRA 2594/441, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Experimental Evolution of a Plant Pathogen into a Legume Symbiont

Marta Marchetti,
Delphine Capela,
Michelle Glew,
Stéphane Cruveiller,
Béatrice Chane-Woon-Ming,
Carine Gris,
Ton Timmers,
Véréna Poinsot,
Luz B. Gilbert,
Philipp Heeb

Published: January 12, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000280

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