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Mechanisms of Bacterial Adhesion to Plant Surfaces

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Bacterial Adhesion

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In comparison to the large amount of information available on mechanisms of bacterial adhesion to animal cells, relatively little is known about bacterial adhesion to the plant cell surface. Indeed, the role of adhesion in symbiotic and pathogenic interactions with plants is still not completely understood. The most detailed studies of bacterial adhesion to plant cells have been made with three systems—the interaction of rhizobia with legume roots resulting in the formation of nitrogen-fixing root nodules, the interaction of agrobacteria with dicot cells resulting in the formation of crown gall tumors, and the interaction of several species of phytopathogenic gram-negative bacteria with plants (which are not susceptible hosts for the bacteria) resulting in a hypersensitive response by the plant. Although occasional studies have been made on other bacterial interactions with the plant cell surface and a considerable literature exists on the microbial ecology of the surface of leaves and roots (Foster, 1981; Blakeman, 1982), these three examples are the only ones about which sufficient information is available to permit discussion of the mechanisms of adhesion; this chapter will consider only these three cases. The consequences for plant cells of bacterial adhesion are considered in Chapter 14.

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Matthysse, A.G. (1985). Mechanisms of Bacterial Adhesion to Plant Surfaces. In: Savage, D.C., Fletcher, M. (eds) Bacterial Adhesion. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6514-7_9

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