The Perceptive Power of Plants in Microbial Selection
Structure of the Nod factor receptor LYK3 in blue and the chitin receptor CERK6 in green. Credit: Kasper Røjkjær Andersen How do plants distinguish between harmful and beneficial microbes? An international collaboration of researchers has found motifs present on lysine receptors (LysM) drive symbiotic and immunity response in legumes through recognition of chitin and nodulation