Symbiosis
Sym biosis together life
Examples
Mutualism: Nitrogen fixing bacteria and Plants
Soya bean infection with Rhizobium Nodule formation 1 Soya bean infection with Rhizobium
Nodule formation 2
Nodule formation 3
Nodule formation 4
Lens culinaris (lentil) root nodulation. TEM photomicrographs http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/~es0man/tem2.htm
Clover root nodules. Leghaemoglobin
Notes on N fixation
Myco rrhizae Fungus Root
Ectomycorrhizae Fungal structures in soil Absorptive hyphae Mycellial strand Scleridia Mycorrhizal root Rhizomorphs Soil mycellium
http://www.ffp.csiro.au/research/mycorrhiza/ecm.html
http://www.ffp.csiro.au/research/mycorrhiza/ecm.html
Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae (VAM) Endotrophic http://www.ffp.csiro.au/research/mycorrhiza/ecm.html
Appressorium At entry point Epidermis Intercellular hyphae in air channel Hypodermis Intracellular hyphae Arbuscules Vesicle Cortex
http://www.ffp.csiro.au/research/mycorrhiza/ecm.html