For all living organisms, nitrogen is an essential element, while being the most limiting in
ecosystems and for crop production. Despite the significant contribution of synthetic …

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) process makes legume crops self-sufficient in nitrogen (N)
in sharp contrast to cereal crops that require an external input by N-fertilizers. Since the latter …

Rhizobia are soil bacteria that can establish a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with legume plants.
As horizontally transmitted symbionts, the life cycle of rhizobia includes a free-living phase in …

Highlights•Fitness of rhizobia is a product of their competitive success in diverse
niches.•Competition can occur within and between species, and for different resources.• …

The rhizosphere has been called “one of the most complex ecosystems on earth” because it
is a hotspot for interactions among millions of microbial cells. Many of these are microbes …

Rhizobia are ecologically important, facultative plant-symbiotic microbes. In nature, there is
a large variability in the association of rhizobial strains and host plants of the same species …

Grain legumes play a significant role in smallholder farming systems in Africa because of
their contribution to nutrition and income security and their role in fixing nitrogen. Biological …

Mimosa acutistipula var. ferrea (Fabaceae) is endemic to ferruginous tropical rocky outcrops
in the eastern Amazon, also known as canga. Canga are often associated with mining …

Rhizobia are soilborne bacteria that form symbiotic relations with legumes and fix
atmospheric nitrogen. The nitrogen fixation potential depends on several factors such as the …

Microbes are ubiquitously found across plant surfaces and even within their cells, forming
the plant microbiome. Many of these microbes contribute to the functioning of the host and …