The symbiosis between plants and nitrogen‐fixing bacteria is widespread among legumes
and actinorhizal plants within the nitrogen‐fixing root nodule (NFN) clade. However, there …

A century after the discovery of rhizobia, the first Beta-proteobacteria species (beta-rhizobia)
were isolated from legume nodules in South Africa and South America. Since then …

Nitrogen‐fixing symbiosis is globally important in ecosystem functioning and agriculture, yet
the evolutionary history of nodulation remains the focus of considerable debate. Recent …

Many noncommunicable diseases are linked to degraded diversity in the human and
environmental microbiota and are rising globally in epidemic proportions in industrialized …

South Africa is well-known for the diversity of its legumes and their nitrogen-fixing bacterial
symbionts. However, in contrast to their plant partners, remarkably few of these microbes …

Bacteria in root nodules of legumes play important roles in promoting plant growth. In this
study, we investigated root nodule-associated bacteria isolated from leguminous plants …

Recent developments in the legume rhizobium symbiotic interaction particularly those
related to the emergence of novel strains of bacteria that nodulate and fix nitrogen in …

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 …

Combined inoculation of legumes with rhizobia and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria or
endophytes is a known technique for increasing the efficiency of nitrogen-fixing symbiosis …

Summary In Europe, soybean (Glycine max) used for food and feed has to be imported,
causing negative socioeconomic and environmental impacts. To increase the local …