The roles of extracellular proteins, polysaccharides and signals in the interactions of rhizobia with legume roots

JA Downie - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Rhizobia adopt many different lifestyles including survival in soil, growth in the rhizosphere,
attachment to root hairs and infection and growth within legume roots, both in infection …

Symbiotic use of pathogenic strategies: rhizobial protein secretion systems

WJ Deakin, WJ Broughton - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2009 - nature.com
Rhizobia—a diverse group of soil bacteria—induce the formation of nitrogen-fixing nodules
on the roots of legumes. Nodulation begins when the roots initiate a molecular dialogue with …

Signal molecules and cell-surface components involved in early stages of the legume–rhizobium interactions

M Janczarek, K Rachwał, A Marzec, J Grządziel… - Applied Soil …, 2015 - Elsevier
Legumes are a highly important source of food, feed, and biofuel crops. With a few
exceptions, these plants can enter into a complex symbiotic relationship with specific soil …

Infection and invasion of roots by symbiotic, nitrogen-fixing rhizobia during nodulation of temperate legumes

DJ Gage - Microbiology and molecular biology reviews, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacteria belonging to the genera Rhizobium, Mesorhizobium, Sinorhizobium,
Bradyrhizobium, and Azorhizobium (collectively referred to as rhizobia) grow in the soil as …

[HTML][HTML] Structure of extracellular polysaccharides (EPS) produced by rhizobia and their functions in legume–bacteria symbiosis:—a review

PK Ghosh, TK Maiti - Achievements in the Life Sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
The symbiotic diazotrophs comprise with a very diverse group of Gram negative soil
bacteria, collectively called as rhizobia found in nodule of legume plant. Rhizobia adopt …

Rhizobia: a promising source of plant growth-promoting molecules and their non-legume interactions: examining applications and mechanisms

S Fahde, S Boughribil, B Sijilmassi, A Amri - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
For over a century, the scientific community has had a comprehensive understanding of how
rhizobia can promote the growth of legumes by forming nitrogen fixing nodules. Despite this …

Rhizobial secreted proteins as determinants of host specificity in the rhizobium–legume symbiosis

M Fauvart, J Michiels - FEMS microbiology letters, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Rhizobia are Gram-negative bacteria than can elicit the formation of specialized organs,
called root nodules, on leguminous host plants. Upon infection of the nodules, they …

Rhizobial association with non-legumes: mechanisms and applications

I Mehboob, M Naveed, ZA Zahir - Critical Reviews in Plant Science, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
It has been known for more than a century that rhizobia can promote the growth of legumes
through the formation of nitrogen-fixing nodules, but the interaction of rhizobia with non …

Molecular signals exchanged between host plants and rhizobia: basic aspects and potential application in agriculture

M Hungria, G Stacey - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 1997 - Elsevier
Rhizobia have the ability to infect and establish a N2-fixing symbiosis with many leguminous
and a few nonleguminous plants. The result of this interaction is the formation of a novel …

Rhizobia and plant-pathogenic bacteria: common infection weapons

MJ Soto, J Sanjuan, J Olivares - Microbiology, 2006 - microbiologyresearch.org
Plant-interacting micro-organisms can establish either mutualistic or pathogenic
associations. Although the outcome is completely different, common molecular mechanisms …