O-antigen structural variation: mechanisms and possible roles in animal/plant–microbe interactions

I Lerouge, J Vanderleyden - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Current data from bacterial pathogens of animals and from bacterial symbionts of plants
support some of the more general proposed functions for lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and …

Surface polysaccharide involvement in establishing the rhizobium–legume symbiosis

N Fraysse, F Couderc, V Poinsot - European Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
When the rhizosphere is nitrogen‐starved, legumes and rhizobia (soil bacteria) enter into a
symbiosis that enables the fixation of atmospheric dinitrogen. This implies a complex …

Factors in virulence expression and their role in periodontal disease pathogenesis

SC Holt, TE Bramanti - Critical Reviews in Oral Biology & …, 1991 - journals.sagepub.com
The classic progression of the development of periodontitis with its associated formation of
an inflammatory lesion is characterized by a highly reproducible microbiological progression …

Key Role of Bacterial NH4+ Metabolism in Rhizobium-Plant Symbiosis

EJ Patriarca, R Tatè, M Iaccarino - Microbiology and Molecular …, 2002 - Am Soc Microbiol
Symbiotic nitrogen fixation is carried out in specialized organs, the nodules, whose
formation is induced on leguminous host plants by bacteria belonging to the family …

Lipid A and O‐chain modifications cause Rhizobium lipopolysaccharides to become hydrophobic during bacteroid development

EL Kannenberg, RW Carlson - Molecular microbiology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Modifications to the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) structure caused by three different growth
conditions were investigated in the pea‐nodulating strain Rhizobium leguminosarum 3841 …

Structure of lipid A component of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. phaseoli lipopolysaccharide. Unique nonphosphorylated lipid A containing 2-amino-2 …

UR Bhat, LS Forsberg, RW Carlson - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1994 - ASBMB
The structure of lipid A from the lipopolysaccharide of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv.
phaseoli (wild type strain CE3) was investigated by alkylation analysis, nuclear magnetic …

Structure and growth of infection threads in the legume symbiosis with Rhizobium leguminosarum

AL Rae, P Bonfante‐Fasolo, NJ Brewin - The Plant Journal, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
Specific antibodies and enzyme–gold probes were used to study the structure and
development of infection threads in nodules induced by Rhizobium leguminosarum on the …

Extracellular polysaccharides are involved in the attachment of Azospirillum brasilense and Rhizobium leguminosarum to arbuscular mycorrhizal structures

V Bianciotto, S Andreotti, R Balestrini, P Bonfante… - European journal of …, 2001 - ejh.it
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, one of the most important component of the soil microbial
community, establish physical interactions with naturally occurring and genetically modified …

Mitigation of abiotic stress in legume-nodulating rhizobia for sustainable crop production

S Sindhu, A Dahiya, R Gera, SS Sindhu - Agricultural Research, 2020 - Springer
Rhizobia form nitrogen-fixing nodules on leguminous plants and convert atmospheric
nitrogen to plant-utilizable ammonia resulting into increased plant growth and crop yield …

Alteration of lipopolysaccharide and protein profiles in SDS-PAGE of rhizobia by osmotic and heat stress

HH Zahran, LA Räsänen, M Karsisto… - World Journal of …, 1994 - Springer
The effects of osmotic and heat stress on lipopolysaccharides and proteins of rhizobia
isolated from the root nodules of leguminous trees grown in semi-arid soils of the Sudan …