Detection of Burkholderia in the seeds of Psychotria punctata (Rubiaceae) – Microscopic evidence for vertical transmission in the leaf nodule symbiosis

• Arne Sinnesael ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: arne.sinnesael@kuleuven.be

  Affiliations Plant Conservation and Population Biology, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Botanic Garden Meise, Meise, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9723-0034

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• Sharon Eeckhout,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Steven B. Janssens,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Botanic Garden Meise, Meise, Belgium

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• Erik Smets,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Plant Conservation and Population Biology, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, University of Leiden, Leiden, the Netherlands

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• Bart Panis,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bioversity International, Leuven, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6717-947X

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• Olivier Leroux,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Brecht Verstraete

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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