RootNodule#80932 6.6kX
March 21, 2013
Transmission electron microscope image of a cross section though a soybean(Glycine max.Essex) root nodule. The bacteria, Bradyrhyzobium japonicum, infects the roots and establishes a nitrogen fixing symbiosis.Image shows a cell with single bacteriods within their symbiosomes. In this image, you can also see nuclear pores, endoplasmic reticulum, plasmodesmata and the cell wall.
For more information, see the articles:"Bacterium release into host cells of nitrogen-fixing soybean nodules", Roth, E. and G. Stacey, E.J.C.B. Vol. 49 pp.13-23 1989. and "Phenotypic charaterization of the nolA gene of Bradyrhyzobium japonicum", Garcia, M. etal, MPMI Vol.9 #7 pp.625-635 1996.
JEOL TEM 100CX
Botanical, TEM, root nodule, bacteria, Rhizobia,nuclear pores, endoplasmic reticulum, plasmodesmata
Credit: Louisa Howard
Topics:
Nitrogen metabolism, Microbiology, Biology, Plasmodesma, Root nodule, Rhizobia, Endoplasmic reticulum, Nitrogen fixation, Soil biology, Soybean, Plant physiology, Symbiosis
