Claim · model-written summary
Four legume genera had variable nodulation, containing both confirmed nodulators and non-nodulators.
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e1“database of nodulation data for 749 legume genera”
e4“four were variable”
Title
Symbioses with nitrogen‐fixing bacteria: nodulation and phylogenetic data across legume genera
Michelle E. Afkhami; D. Luke Mahler; Jean H. Burns; et al. Ecology 2017. doi:10.1002/ecy.2110
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- Method / resource The authors compiled a searchable nodulation database for 749 legume genera with associated phylogenetic information.
- Observation 386 legume genera were confirmed nodulators.
- Observation 116 legume genera were non-nodulating.
- Observation 243 legume genera had not been examined for nodulation in published studies.
- Association Nodulating legume genera have about three times more species than non-nodulating genera.
- Observation The authors found no evidence that the richness difference between nodulating and non-nodulating legume genera reflects net diversification rate.