A complex journey: transmission of microbial symbionts
The perpetuation of symbioses through host generations relies on symbiont transmission.
Horizontally transmitted symbionts are taken up from the environment anew by each host …
Horizontally transmitted symbionts are taken up from the environment anew by each host …
Genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying symbiotic specificity in legume-rhizobium interactions
Legumes are able to form a symbiotic relationship with nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria called
rhizobia. The result of this symbiosis is to form nodules on the plant root, within which the …
rhizobia. The result of this symbiosis is to form nodules on the plant root, within which the …
Establishing nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with legumes: how many rhizobium recipes?
Rhizobia are phylogenetically disparate α-and β-proteobacteria that have achieved the
environmentally essential function of fixing atmospheric nitrogen (N 2) in symbiosis with …
environmentally essential function of fixing atmospheric nitrogen (N 2) in symbiosis with …
Complete Genome Sequence of Citrus Huanglongbing Bacterium, 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' Obtained Through Metagenomics
Y Duan, L Zhou, DG Hall, W Li… - Molecular Plant …, 2009 - Am Phytopath Society
Citrus huanglongbing is the most destructive disease of citrus worldwide. It is spread by
citrus psyllids and is associated with a low-titer, phloem-limited infection by any of three …
citrus psyllids and is associated with a low-titer, phloem-limited infection by any of three …
Protein export according to schedule: architecture, assembly, and regulation of type III secretion systems from plant-and animal-pathogenic bacteria
D Büttner - Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Flagellar and translocation-associated type III secretion (T3S) systems are present in most
Gram-negative plant-and animal-pathogenic bacteria and are often essential for bacterial …
Gram-negative plant-and animal-pathogenic bacteria and are often essential for bacterial …
The significance of microbial transformation of nitrogen compounds in the light of integrated crop management
A Grzyb, A Wolna-Maruwka, A Niewiadomska - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nitrogen (N) is widely distributed in the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and
biosphere. It is a basic component of every plant cell as well as microorganisms, as a …
biosphere. It is a basic component of every plant cell as well as microorganisms, as a …
Protein secretion systems in bacterial-host associations, and their description in the Gene Ontology
Protein secretion plays a central role in modulating the interactions of bacteria with their
environments. This is particularly the case when symbiotic bacteria (whether pathogenic …
environments. This is particularly the case when symbiotic bacteria (whether pathogenic …
The roles of extracellular proteins, polysaccharides and signals in the interactions of rhizobia with legume roots
JA Downie - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Rhizobia adopt many different lifestyles including survival in soil, growth in the rhizosphere,
attachment to root hairs and infection and growth within legume roots, both in infection …
attachment to root hairs and infection and growth within legume roots, both in infection …
Type III secretion systems: the bacterial flagellum and the injectisome
The flagellum and the injectisome are two of the most complex and fascinating bacterial
nanomachines. At their core, they share a type III secretion system (T3SS), a transmembrane …
nanomachines. At their core, they share a type III secretion system (T3SS), a transmembrane …
Genomic insights into plant growth promoting rhizobia capable of enhancing soybean germination under drought stress
Background The role of soil microorganisms in plant growth, nutrient utilization, drought
tolerance as well as biocontrol activity cannot be over-emphasized, especially in this era …
tolerance as well as biocontrol activity cannot be over-emphasized, especially in this era …