Legumes form a large group of plants that constitute the third largest family of angiosperms,
including near 20,000 species and 750 genera. Most of them have the ability to establish …

Archaea are widespread in marine sediments, but their occurrence and relationship with
natural salinity gradients in estuarine sediments is not well understood. This study …

Rhizobial diversity and host preferences were assessed in 65 native Fynbos legumes of the
papilionoid legume tribes Astragaleae, Crotalarieae, Genisteae, Indigofereae, Millettieae …

Background Rhizobium tropici CIAT 899 and Rhizobium sp. PRF 81 are α-Proteobacteria
that establish nitrogen-fixing symbioses with a range of legume hosts. These strains are …

Abstract Background and Aims The large monophyletic genus Mimosa comprises approx.
500 species, most of which are native to the New World, with Central Brazil being the main …

The legume genus Mimosa has> 500 species, with two major centres of diversity, Brazil (c.
350 spp.) and Mexico (c. 100 spp.). In Brazil most species are nodulated by Burkholderia …

The genus Burkholderia is a large group of species of bacteria that inhabit a wide range of
environments. We previously recommended, based on multilocus sequence analysis, that …

Background and aims To evaluate the influence of soil type on the symbiosis between
Mimosa spp. and rhizobia. Methods A greenhouse experiment was carried out with trap …

Burkholderia legume symbionts (also called α-rhizobia) are ancient in origin and are the
main nitrogen-fixing symbionts of species belonging to the large genus Mimosa in Brazil. We …

Five strains, JPY461T, JPY359, JPY389, DPU-3 and STM4206 were isolated from nitrogen-
fixing nodules on the roots of Mimosa spp. and their taxonomic positions were investigated …