Plant growth stimulation by microbial consortia

G Santoyo, P Guzmán-Guzmán, FI Parra-Cota… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plant-associated microorganisms play an important role in agricultural production. Although
various studies have shown that single microorganisms can exert beneficial effects on …

The good, the bad, and the phosphate: regulation of beneficial and detrimental plant–microbe interactions by the plant phosphate status

M Paries, C Gutjahr - New Phytologist, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Phosphate (Pi) is indispensable for life on this planet. However, for sessile land plants it is
poorly accessible. Therefore, plants have developed a variety of strategies for enhanced …

Genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying symbiotic specificity in legume-rhizobium interactions

Q Wang, J Liu, H Zhu - Frontiers in plant science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
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 …

Hopanoid lipids: from membranes to plant–bacteria interactions

BJ Belin, N Busset, E Giraud, A Molinaro… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Lipid research represents a frontier for microbiology, as showcased by hopanoid lipids.
Hopanoids, which resemble sterols and are found in the membranes of diverse bacteria …

Lifestyle adaptations of Rhizobium from rhizosphere to symbiosis

RM Wheatley, BL Ford, L Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
By analyzing successive lifestyle stages of a model Rhizobium–legume symbiosis using
mariner-based transposon insertion sequencing (INSeq), we have defined the genes …

The symbiosome: legume and rhizobia co-evolution toward a nitrogen-fixing organelle?

T Coba de la Pena, E Fedorova, JJ Pueyo… - Frontiers in plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
In legume nodules, symbiosomes containing endosymbiotic rhizobial bacteria act as
temporary plant organelles that are responsible for nitrogen fixation, these bacteria develop …

Regulation of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legume root nodules

AR Schwember, J Schulze, A Del Pozo, RA Cabeza - Plants, 2019 - mdpi.com
In most legume nodules, the di-nitrogen (N2)-fixing rhizobia are present as organelle-like
structures inside their root host cells. Many processes operate and interact within the …

Signal molecules and cell-surface components involved in early stages of the legume–rhizobium interactions

M Janczarek, K Rachwał, A Marzec, J Grządziel… - Applied Soil …, 2015 - Elsevier
Legumes are a highly important source of food, feed, and biofuel crops. With a few
exceptions, these plants can enter into a complex symbiotic relationship with specific soil …

Gene Expression in Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiotic Nodule Cells in Medicago truncatula and Other Nodulating Plants

P Mergaert, A Kereszt, E Kondorosi - The Plant Cell, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Root nodules formed by plants of the nitrogen-fixing clade (NFC) are symbiotic organs that
function in the maintenance and metabolic integration of large populations of nitrogen-fixing …

Convergent evolution of endosymbiont differentiation in dalbergioid and inverted repeat-lacking clade legumes mediated by nodule-specific cysteine-rich peptides

P Czernic, D Gully, F Cartieaux, L Moulin… - Plant …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Nutritional symbiotic interactions require the housing of large numbers of microbial
symbionts, which produce essential compounds for the growth of the host. In the legume …