Legumes form a large group of plants that constitute the third largest family of angiosperms,
including near 20,000 species and 750 genera. Most of them have the ability to establish …

Human life became largely dependent on agricultural products after distinct crop-
domestication events occurred around 10,000 years ago in different geographical sites …

The class Alphaproteobacteria is comprised of a diverse assemblage of Gram-negative
bacteria that includes organisms of varying morphologies, physiologies and habitat …

Herein the members of the Subcommittee on Taxonomy of Rhizobia and Agrobacteria of the
International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes review recent developments in …

Background Rhizobium tropici CIAT 899 and Rhizobium sp. PRF 81 are α-Proteobacteria
that establish nitrogen-fixing symbioses with a range of legume hosts. These strains are …

The classification of rhizobia has been gone through a substantial change in recent years
due to the addition of several new genera and species to this important bacterial group …

The Rhizobia are collectively comprised of gram negative soil bacteria that have the ability
to form symbiotic nitrogen-fixing root and/or stem nodules in association with leguminous …

Abstract Background The Cerrado—an edaphic type of savannah—comprises the second
largest biome of the Brazilian territory and is the main area for grain production in the …

Phaseolus vulgaris L.(common bean) is a legume indigenous to American countries
currently cultivated in all continents, which is nodulated by different rhizobial species and …

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) can establish symbiotic associations with several
Rhizobium species; however, the effectiveness of most strains at fixing nitrogen under field …