Rhizobia are some of the best-studied plant microbiota. These oligotrophic
Alphaproteobacteria or Betaproteobacteria form symbioses with their legume hosts …

Biological nitrogen fixation by Rhizobium-legume symbioses represents an environmentally
friendly and inexpensive alternative to the use of chemical nitrogen fertilizers in legume …

To suppress plant immunity and promote the intracellular infection required for fixing
nitrogen for the benefit of their legume hosts, many rhizobia use type III secretion systems …

Summary Microorganisms, or 'microbes', have formed intimate associations with plants
throughout the length of their evolutionary history. In extant plant systems microbes still …

Plant roots are constantly exposed to a diverse microbiota of pathogens and mutualistic
partners. The host's immune system is an essential component for its survival, enabling it to …

The mutualism between legumes and rhizobia is clearly the product of past coevolution.
However, the nature of ongoing evolution between these partners is less clear. To …

Growing human population size and the ongoing climate crisis create an urgent need for
new tools for sustainable agriculture. Because microbiomes have profound effects on host …

Interfamily transfer of plant pattern recognition receptors (PRR s) represents a promising
biotechnological approach to engineer broad‐spectrum, and potentially durable, disease …

Bacterial secretion systems mediate the selective exchange of macromolecules between
bacteria and their environment, playing a pivotal role in processes such as horizontal gene …

There has been little study of the type IV secretion system (T4SS) of bradyrhizobia and its
role in legume symbiosis. Therefore, broad host range Bradyrhizobium sp. SUTN9-2 was …