Claim · #6492660
Burkholderia spp. · mutualism · Gigasporaceae (family)
mutualism · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Many are related to Burkholderia and have been shown to possess functional bacterial genes including members of the nif operon”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press (Elsevier)
- Page
- 17
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Burkholderia-related BLOs as endosymbionts of Gigasporaceae spores carrying nif operon genes is well-documented in AM fungi literature; source quote supports the structured mechanism.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Burkholderia-related BLOs as Gigasporaceae endosymbionts with nif operon genes is well-documented in AM fungal literature; source quote supports the structured fields.”
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