Project description:We leverage a model nitrogen-fixing plant symbiont and integrate genomics, phenotypes, and gene expression data to associate sets of gene clusters, which are frequently gained and lost in natural populations, with plant growth. We reveal novel structural and modular genetic processes with implications for the function and inheritance of symbiosis function in plant-microbe interactions.
Project description:We characterized the polyethylene glycol (PEG)-responding desiccome from the most geographically widespread Gram-positive nitrogen-fixing plant symbiont, i.e. Frankia alni, by next-generation proteomics.