Belowground Microbial Communities in the Rhizosphere (IMAGE)

University of Groningen

Belowground Microbial Communities in the Rhizosphere

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An important but neglected component of the rhizosphere communities are viruses (hexagonal structures in the figure) that infect bacteria (rod shape cells in purple and blue. These bacteriophages carry their genetic material (spiral like structures) inside the capsids (hexagons), which is inserted inside the bacterium through their syringe like tail.

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Akbar Adjie Pratama

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