How can plants utilize hardly digestible organic phosphorus?
Thursday, October 15, 2015 - 12:30
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have conducted a unique bioengineering experiment: phytase gene of Pantoea agglomerans (Gram-negative and known to be an opportunistic pathogen) was transplanted to Arabidopsis thaliana weed in order to increase the plant's ability to break down highly stable and insoluble phosphorus compounds.