Many maternally inherited endosymbionts manipulate their host’s reproduction in various ways to enhance their own fitness. One such mechanism is male-killing, in which sons of infected mothers are kil
The main objective of the project is to describe how toxic metals (TM) impact plant vegetation in terms of the effect of soil toxicity on the biodiversity of seed-borne beneficial microbiota.
Seed-associated bacterial strains collected from Raphanus sativus seeds. These strains are representative isolates of the main bacterial populations associated with R. sativus seeds.
