The weird and wonderful actinobacteria
Meet Frankia, helpful microbes that fix atmospheric nitrogen. And Leifsonia, plant pathogens that terrify sugar cane farmers. And how about Nocardia, that sometimes form hyphae, and sometimes don’t.
In this article in Microbiology Today (pdf) Paul Hoskisson surveys the rocky terrain of the actinobacteria and illustrates just how diverse they can be.
