The Lotus japonicus Genome

infected nodules following a lengthy delay.
These mutants were disrupted at the stage of
infection thread (IT) development. Symbiotically
defective EPS and Nod factor mutants function-
ally complemented each other in coinoculation

experiments. The majority of full-length IT

observed harbored only the EPS mutant strain

and did not show bacterial release, whereas the

nitrogen-fixing nodules contained both mutants.

Examination of the symbiotic proficiency of the

Fig. 5.1 Genome
comparison of
MAFF303099 with R7A,
NZP2037, and NZP2213
by aligning Illumina GAIIx
data on MAFF303099
chromosome

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