Lipid research represents a frontier for microbiology, as showcased by hopanoid lipids.
Hopanoids, which resemble sterols and are found in the membranes of diverse bacteria …

Simple Summary The legume–rhizobium symbiosis is one of the most beneficial interactions
with high importance in agriculture, as it delivers nitrogen to plants and soil, thereby …

Legumes are ecologically and economically important plants that contribute to nutrient
cycling and agricultural sustainability, features tied to their intimate symbiosis with nitrogen …

Legumes, which develop a symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, have an increased
demand for iron. Iron is required for the synthesis of iron-containing proteins in the host …

The interaction of bacteria with plants can result in either a positive, negative, or neutral
association. The rhizobium-legume interaction is a well-studied model system of a process …

The mutualistic association between leguminous plants and endosymbiotic rhizobial
bacteria is a paradigmatic example of a symbiosis driven by metabolic exchanges. Here, we …

Most land plants live in close contact with beneficial soil microbes: the majority of land plant
species establish symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, while most legumes, the third …

Contents Summary 1199 I. Introduction 1199 II. Selecting beneficial symbionts: one problem,
many solutions 1200 III. Control and conflict over legume nodulation 1201 IV. Control and …

Terminal bacteroid differentiation (TBD) is a remarkable case of bacterial cell differentiation
that occurs after rhizobia are released intracellularly within plant cells of symbiotic legume …

Lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) are major components of the outer membrane of Gram-
negative bacteria and are essential for their growth and survival. They act as a structural …