Frankia Symbiosis: Proceedings of the 12th Meeting on Frankia and Actinorhizal Plants, Carry-le-Rouet, France, June 2001

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
 Frankia inoculation, soil biota, and host tissue amendment influence Casuarina nodulation capacity of a tropical soil....Pages 1-10
An assessment of soil enrichment by actinorhizal N 2 fixation using δ 15 N values in a chronosequence of deglaciation at Glacier Bay, Alaska....Pages 11-17
Effects of land irrigation with partially-treated wastewater on Frankia survival and infectivity....Pages 19-25
The production and utilisation of monoclonal antibodies for identification of a Frankia strain utilised as inoculum for Casuarina equisetifolia ....Pages 27-33
The effects of fire on soil nitrogen associated with patches of the actinorhizal shrub Ceanothus cordulatus ....Pages 35-46
Alder and lupine enhance nitrogen cycling in a degraded forest soil in Northern Sweden....Pages 47-56
Germination and physiological properties of Frankia spores....Pages 57-67
Improving dispersed growth of Frankia using Carbopol....Pages 69-74
Identification and expression studies of a catalase and a bifunctional catalase-peroxidase in Frankia strain R43....Pages 75-81
Effect of electroporation conditions on cell viability of Frankia EuI1c....Pages 83-88
Molecular cloning and characterization of adr and ivd genes from Frankia EuIK1 strain....Pages 89-96
Cloning, characterisation and phylogenetic analysis of the sigA σ 70 factor gene sequence from the actinomycete Frankia ....Pages 97-106
An insertion sequence unique to Frankia strain ArI5....Pages 107-113
Genomic fingerprinting of Frankia strains by PCR-based techniques. Assessment of a primer based on the sequence of 16S rRNA gene of Escherichia coli ....Pages 115-123
Progress on the genetics of the N 2 -fixing actinorhizal symbiont Frankia ....Pages 125-137
Ammonium assimilation in root nodules of actinorhizal Discaria trinervis . Regulation of enzyme activities and protein levels by the availability of macronutrients (N, P and C)....Pages 139-153
The regulation of nodulation, nitrogen fixation and ammonium assimilation under a carbohydrate shortage stress in the Discaria trinervis-Frankia symbiosis....Pages 155-165
Seasonal flooding regimes influence survival, nitrogen fixation, and the partitioning of nitrogen and biomass in Alnus incana ssp. rugosa ....Pages 167-177
Tripartite associations in an alder: effects of Frankia and Alpova diplophloeus on the growth, nitrogen fixation and mineral acquisition of Alnus tenuifolia ....Pages 179-186
Nodulation potential of soils from red alder stands covering a wide age range....Pages 187-192
A possible role for phenyl acetic acid (PAA) on Alnus glutinosa nodulation by Frankia ....Pages 193-205
Molecular phylogeny of Alnus (Betulaceae), inferred from nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS sequences....Pages 207-217
Evolutionary implications of nucleotide sequence relatedness between Alnus nepalensis and Alnus glutinosa and also between corresponding Frankia microsymbionts....Pages 219-227
Choosing a reporter for gene expression studies in transgenic actinorhizal plants of the Casuarinaceae family....Pages 229-237
Expression pattern of ara12 *, an Arabidopsis homologue of the nodule-specific actinorhizal subtilases cg12/ag12 ....Pages 239-244