Multiple functions of flagellar motility and chemotaxis in bacterial physiology

R Colin, B Ni, L Laganenka… - FEMS microbiology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Most swimming bacteria are capable of following gradients of nutrients, signaling molecules
and other environmental factors that affect bacterial physiology. This tactic behavior became …

Rhizobia: from saprophytes to endosymbionts

P Poole, V Ramachandran, J Terpolilli - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
Rhizobia are some of the best-studied plant microbiota. These oligotrophic
Alphaproteobacteria or Betaproteobacteria form symbioses with their legume hosts …

Microbial interactions in the rhizosphere: beneficial influences of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria on nutrient acquisition process. A review

Y Pii, T Mimmo, N Tomasi, R Terzano, S Cesco… - Biology and fertility of …, 2015 - Springer
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are soil bacteria that are able to colonize
rhizosphere and to enhance plant growth by means of a wide variety of mechanisms like …

Competition, Nodule Occupancy, and Persistence of Inoculant Strains: Key Factors in the Rhizobium-Legume Symbioses

M Mendoza-Suárez, SU Andersen, PS Poole… - Frontiers in plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Biological nitrogen fixation by Rhizobium-legume symbioses represents an environmentally
friendly and inexpensive alternative to the use of chemical nitrogen fertilizers in legume …

Plant species and soil type cooperatively shape the structure and function of microbial communities in the rhizosphere

G Berg, K Smalla - FEMS microbiology ecology, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The rhizosphere is of central importance not only for plant nutrition, health and quality but
also for microorganism-driven carbon sequestration, ecosystem functioning and nutrient …

Deciphering bacterial mechanisms of root colonization

HE Knights, B Jorrin, TL Haskett… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial colonization of the rhizosphere is critical for the establishment of plant–bacteria
interactions that represent a key determinant of plant health and productivity. Plants …

Plant-driven selection of microbes

A Hartmann, M Schmid, D Tuinen, G Berg - 2009 - Springer
The rhizodeposition of plants dramatically influence the surrounding soil and its microflora.
Root exudates have pronounced selective and promoting effects on specific microbial …

Bacillus subtilis early colonization of Arabidopsis thaliana roots involves multiple chemotaxis receptors

R Allard-Massicotte, L Tessier, FÚÚ LÚcuyer… - MBio, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Colonization of plant roots by Bacillus subtilis is mutually beneficial to plants and bacteria.
Plants can secrete up to 30% of their fixed carbon via root exudates, thereby feeding the …

Signal processing in complex chemotaxis pathways

SL Porter, GH Wadhams, JP Armitage - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2011 - nature.com
Bacteria use chemotaxis to migrate towards environments that are better for growth.
Chemoreceptors detect changes in attractant levels and signal through two-component …

Chemotaxis signaling systems in model beneficial plant–bacteria associations

BE Scharf, MF Hynes, GM Alexandre - Plant molecular biology, 2016 - Springer
Beneficial plant–microbe associations play critical roles in plant health. Bacterial chemotaxis
provides a competitive advantage to motile flagellated bacteria in colonization of plant root …