Nitrogen fixing symbioses between plants and bacteria are ancient and, while not
numerous, are formed in diverse lineages of plants ranging from microalgae to …

There are ubiquitous variations in symbiotic performance of different rhizobial strains
associated with the same legume host in agricultural practices. This is due to polymorphisms …

Bacterial predation impacts microbial community structures, which can have both positive
and negative effects on plant and animal health and on environmental sustainability …

During growth and division, the bacterial cell wall peptidoglycan (PG) is remodelled,
resulting in the liberation of PG muropeptides which are typically reinternalized and …

Phazolicin (PHZ) is a peptide antibiotic exhibiting narrow-spectrum activity against rhizobia
closely related to its producer, Rhizobium sp. strain Pop5. Here, we show that the frequency …

Many molecular signals are exchanged between rhizobia and host legume plants, some of
which are crucial for symbiosis to take place, while others are modifiers of the interaction …

Legumes in the inverted repeat-lacking clade (IRLC) each produce a unique set of nodule-
specific cysteine-rich (NCR) peptides, which act in concert to determine the terminal …

Signal peptide peptidase (SPP) and its homologs, signal peptide peptidase-like (SPPL)
proteases, are members of the GxGD-type aspartyl protease family, which is widespread in …

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) can play a key role in agroecosystems to reduce the
negative impact of nitrogen fertilizers. Its efficiency is strongly affected by the combination of …

Host/symbiont compatibility is a hallmark of the symbiotic nitrogen‐fixing interaction between
rhizobia and legumes, mediated in part by plant‐produced nodule‐specific cysteine‐rich …