TY - RPRT TI - Natural isolates of Sinorhizobium meliloti with dry, as opposed to mucoid, colony morphologies have higher soil fitness, slightly lower host fitness, and reduced nitrogen fixation AU - GIL POLO, M. A. AU - Guha, S. AU - Chancey, D. AU - Clouse, K. AU - Siva, N. AU - Anderson, C. T. AU - Burghardt, L. T. PY - 2026 DO - 10.64898/2026.10.07.757178 UR - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.07.757178v1 ID - 10.64898/2026.10.07.757178 ER -