Utilization of legume-nodule bacterial symbiosis in phytoremediation of heavy metal-contaminated soils

ME Jach, E Sajnaga, M Ziaja - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The legume–rhizobium symbiosis is one of the most beneficial interactions
with high importance in agriculture, as it delivers nitrogen to plants and soil, thereby …

The rhizobium-legume symbiosis: Co-opting successful stress management

JP Hawkins, IJ Oresnik - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The interaction of bacteria with plants can result in either a positive, negative, or neutral
association. The rhizobium-legume interaction is a well-studied model system of a process …

Genome-scale metabolic reconstruction of the symbiosis between a leguminous plant and a nitrogen-fixing bacterium

GC Dicenzo, M Tesi, T Pfau, A Mengoni… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The mutualistic association between leguminous plants and endosymbiotic rhizobial
bacteria is a paradigmatic example of a symbiosis driven by metabolic exchanges. Here, we …

Enhancing Rhizobium–Legume Symbiosis and Reducing Nitrogen Fertilizer Use Are Potential Options for Mitigating Climate Change

MH Abd-Alla, SM Al-Amri, AWE El-Enany - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review article explores the impact of nitrogen fertilizers on the symbiotic relationship
between Rhizobium bacteria and legume plants. Nitrogen fixation has the potential to …

Insights into the Early Steps of the Symbiotic Interaction between Soybean (Glycine max) and Sinorhizobium fredii Symbiosis Using Transcriptome, Small RNA, and …

H Ni, X Hou, S Tian, C Liu, G Zhang… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Symbiotic nitrogen fixation carried out by the soybean–rhizobia symbiosis increases
soybean yield and reduces the amount of nitrogen fertilizer that has been applied …

The effect of carbohydrate sources: Sucrose, invert sugar and components of mānuka honey, on core bacteria in the digestive tract of adult honey bees (Apis mellifera …

MA Taylor, AW Robertson, PJ Biggs, KK Richards… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Bacteria within the digestive tract of adult honey bees are likely to play a key role in the
digestion of sugar-rich foods. However, the influence of diet on honey bee gut bacteria is not …

Succinoglycan Production Contributes to Acidic pH Tolerance in Sinorhizobium meliloti Rm1021

JP Hawkins, BA Geddes… - Molecular Plant-Microbe …, 2017 - Am Phytopath Society
In this work, the hypothesis that exopolysaccharide plays a role in the survival of
Sinorhizobium meliloti at low pH levels is addressed. When S. meliloti was grown at pH …

Organic amendments increased Chinese milk vetch symbiotic nitrogen fixation by enriching Mesorhizobium in rhizosphere.

Q Bian, K Cheng, L Chen, Y Jiang, D Li, Z **e… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Symbiotic nitrogen fixation of Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus L.) can fix nitrogen from
the atmosphere and serve as an organic nitrogen source in agricultural ecosystems …

Inability to Catabolize Rhamnose by Sinorhizobium meliloti Rm1021 Affects Competition for Nodule Occupancy

DMR Rivers, DD Kim, IJ Oresnik - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rhizobium leguminosarum strains unable to grow on rhamnose as a sole carbon source are
less competitive for nodule occupancy. To determine if the ability to use rhamnose as a sole …

Characterization of mutations that affect the nonoxidative pentose phosphate pathway in Sinorhizobium meliloti

JP Hawkins, PA Ordonez, IJ Oresnik - Journal of Bacteriology, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Sinorhizobium meliloti is a Gram-negative alphaproteobacterium that can enter into a
symbiotic relationship with Medicago sativa and Medicago truncatula. Previous work …