Abstract
The Azolla-Anabaena association shows the following characteristic features:
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it is formed by more than two organisms;
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it cannot be disassociated into its separate component organism, nor can the symbiosis be reconstituted;
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the Anabaena symbiont is not free-living in nature. Numerous studies have been carried out on this particular association during recent decades by many research groups with the aim of studying the physiology of the symbiosis and its potential application. There has been emphasis on physiological, ecological and applied studies, so that we know little about the interactions between the symbiotic components and very little about the recognition process between Azolla and its symbionts. This is partly because of the difficulty of separating the individual components so that their reassociation cannot be studied.
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Caiola, M.G., Albertano, P. (1988). Recognition Mechanisms in the Azolla-Anabaena Symbiosis. In: Scannerini, S., Smith, D., Bonfante-Fasolo, P., Gianinazzi-Pearson, V. (eds) Cell to Cell Signals in Plant, Animal and Microbial Symbiosis. NATO ASI Series, vol 17. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73154-9_2
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