Cereals such as maize, rice, wheat and sorghum are the most important crops for human
nutrition. Like other plants, cereals associate with diverse bacteria (including nitrogen-fixing …

For decades, rhizobia were thought to be the only nitrogen-fixing inhabitants of legume
nodules, and biases in culture techniques prolonged this belief. However, other bacteria …

The genus Burkholderia contains large number of diverse species which include many
clinically important organisms, phytopathogens, as well as environmental species. However …

In the 1990s several biocontrol agents on that contained Burkholderia strains were
registered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). After risk …

Burkholderia sensu lato is a large and complex group, containing pathogenic,
phytopathogenic, symbiotic and non-symbiotic strains from a very wide range of …

Burkholderia is an incredibly diverse and versatile Gram-negative genus, within which over
80 species have been formally named and multiple other genotypic groups likely represent …

It has been proposed to split the genus Burkholderia into two genera according to
phylogenetic clustering:(1) a genus retaining this name and consisting mainly of animal and …

Burkholderia bacteria are multifaceted organisms that are ecologically and metabolically
diverse. The Burkholderia genus has gained prominence because it includes human …

Disease-suppressive soils are ecosystems in which plants suffer less from root infections
due to the activities of specific microbial consortia. The characteristics of soils suppressive to …

Microbial plant endophytes are receiving ever-increasing attention as a result of compelling
evidence regarding functional interaction with the host plant. Microbial communities in plants …