Specificity in legume-rhizobia symbioses

M Andrews, ME Andrews - International journal of molecular sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Most species in the Leguminosae (legume family) can fix atmospheric nitrogen (N2) via
symbiotic bacteria (rhizobia) in root nodules. Here, the literature on legume-rhizobia …

Legume nodulation: a global perspective

JI Sprent - 2009 - books.google.com
This important book provides a comprehensive review of our current knowledge of the
world's leguminous plants and their symbiotic bacteria. Written by Professor Janet Sprent, a …

Horizontal transfer of symbiosis genes within and between rhizobial genera: occurrence and importance

M Andrews, S De Meyer, EK James, T Stępkowski… - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
Rhizobial symbiosis genes are often carried on symbiotic islands or plasmids that can be
transferred (horizontal transfer) between different bacterial species. Symbiosis genes …

Multilocus sequence analysis of the genus Bradyrhizobium

R Rivas, M Martens, P De Lajudie, A Willems - Systematic and Applied …, 2009 - Elsevier
The use of multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) for the taxonomy of Bradyrhizobium was
assessed. We compared partial sequences for atpD, recA, gyrB, rpoB and dnaK for a set of …

Multilocus Sequence Analysis for Assessment of the Biogeography and Evolutionary Genetics of Four Bradyrhizobium Species That Nodulate Soybeans on the …

P Vinuesa, K Rojas-Jiménez… - Applied and …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A highly supported maximum-likelihood species phylogeny for the genus
Bradyrhizobium was inferred from a supermatrix obtained from the concatenation of partial …

Microvirga vignae sp. nov., a root nodule symbiotic bacterium isolated from cowpea grown in semi-arid Brazil

V Radl, JL Simoes-Araujo, J Leite… - … of Systematic and …, 2014 - microbiologyresearch.org
16S rRNA gene sequence analysis of eight strains (BR 3299T, BR 3296, BR 10192, BR
10193, BR 10194, BR 10195, BR 10196 and BR 10197) isolated from nodules of cowpea …

Coevolution in Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis?

E Martínez-Romero - DNA and cell biology, 2009 - liebertpub.com
Legume nodules, specialized structures for nitrogen fixation, are probably the result of
coevolution of plants and ancestral rhizobia. Among the evolutionary processes leading to …

Distribution and phylogeny of microsymbionts associated with cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) nodulation in three agroecological regions of Mozambique

IN Chidebe, SK Jaiswal, FD Dakora - Applied and Environmental …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cowpea derives most of its N nutrition from biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) via symbiotic
bacteroids in root nodules. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the diversity and biogeographic …

Bradyrhizobium strains from Brazilian tropical soils promote increases in nodulation, growth and nitrogen fixation in mung bean

VO Favero, RH de Carvalho, ABC Leite… - Applied Soil …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mung bean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] is a legume of Asian origin cultivated in several
countries, including Brazil, where its commercial cultivation has expanded in recent years. It …

Potential of indigenous bradyrhizobia versus commercial inoculants to improve cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. walp.) and green gram (Vigna radiata L. wilczek.) …

S Mathu, L Herrmann, P Pypers, V Matiru… - Soil science and plant …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Limited information is available on reduced cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) and green
gram (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek.) yields in Kenya. Declining soil fertility and absence or …