Plant BiologybioRxiv
Cutting out the middle clam: lucinid endosymbiotic bacteria are also associated with seagrass roots worldwide
B. C. Martin, J. A. Middleton, M. W. Fraser…·H. Schmidt
The paper finds that seagrass roots globally host sulphur-oxidising bacteria, Ca. Thiodiazotropha, even in the absence of lucinid bivalves, suggesting seagrasses can mitigate sulphide stress independently.
DOI 10.1038/s41396-020-00771-3