title: Towards the minimal nitrogen-fixing symbiotic genome.
abstract: diCenzo and coworkers have reverse engineered a rhizobium into a non-nitrogen fixer, creating a genomic platform for gain-of-function genetics studies, which should aid to identify the minimal nitrogen fixing symbiotic genome.
authors.affiliation: Depto. Microbiología del Suelo y Sistemas Simbióticos, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Prof. Albareda 1, 18008, Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sanjuán
mesh_terms: D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D009586:Nitrogen Fixation; D012231:Rhizobium / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D013559:Symbiosis
chemical_list: D009584:Nitrogen