Open AccessInside Back Cover: Co‐cultivation of diazotrophic terrestrial cyanobacteria and Arabidopsis thaliana
Author(s) -
Strieth Dorina,
Di no Sarah,
Stiefelmaier Judith,
Kollmen Jonas,
Geib Doris,
Ulber Roland
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
engineering in life sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.547
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1618-2863
pISSN - 1618-0240
DOI - 10.1002/elsc.202170025
Subject(s) - diazotroph , arabidopsis thaliana , cyanobacteria , terrestrial plant , nitrogen , nitrogen fixation , botany , biology , arabidopsis , chlorophyll , chemistry , bacteria , biochemistry , genetics , organic chemistry , mutant , gene
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.202000068 The cover picture shows the accumulation of the cyanobacterium Desmonostoc muscorum (red fluorescence of chlorophyll a) around the roots of Arabidopsis thaliana cultivated on MS‐medium without nitrogen. This accumulation indicates a successful artificial induced symbiosis between a diazotrophic cyanobacterium and a plant. Diazotrophic cyanobacteria are able to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere and release it as bioavailable nitrogen, which other organisms can utilize. Thus, they could be used as living nitrogen supplier, whereby the use of fertilizer could be reduced in agricultural industry. For details see article DOI 10.1002/elsc.202000068 on page 126.