Host/symbiont compatibility is a hallmark of the symbiotic nitrogen‐fixing interaction between
rhizobia and legumes, mediated in part by plant‐produced nodule‐specific cysteine‐rich …

Legumes have the unique ability to host nitrogen-fixing Rhizobium bacteria as symbiosomes
inside root nodule cells. To get insight into this key process, which forms the heart of the …

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) between rhizobia and legumes requires metabolic
coordination within specialized root organs called nodules. Nodules formed in the symbiosis …

Symbiotic interactions between legumes and rhizobia lead to the development of root
nodules and nitrogen fixation by differentiated bacteroids within nodules. Differentiation of …

Legumes are essential components of agricultural systems because they enrich the soil in
nitrogen and require little environmentally deleterious fertilizers. A complex symbiotic …

Legumes in the inverted repeat-lacking clade (IRLC) each produce a unique set of nodule-
specific cysteine-rich (NCR) peptides, which act in concert to determine the terminal …

With the ongoing global population expansion and climate change, the remarkable ability of
legumes plants to form nitrogen‐fixing symbiosis with rhizobia is highly relevant to human …

Commonly studied in the context of legume–rhizobia symbiosis, biological nitrogen fixation
(BNF) is a key component of the nitrogen cycle in nature. Despite its potential in plant …

Medicago truncatula is a model legume species that has been studied for decades to
understand the symbiotic relationship between legumes and soil bacteria collectively named …

In legume nodules, rhizobia differentiate into nitrogen-fixing forms called bacteroids, which
are enclosed by a plant membrane in an organelle-like structure called the symbiosome. In …