The role of microbial interactions on rhizobial fitness

M Granada Agudelo, B Ruiz, D Capela… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Rhizobia are soil bacteria that can establish a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with legume plants.
As horizontally transmitted symbionts, the life cycle of rhizobia includes a free-living phase in …

Biosynthesis of polyhydroxybutyrate by Methylorubrum extorquens DSM13060 is essential for intracellular colonization in plant endosymbiosis

N Baruah, R Haajanen, MT Rahman… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Methylorubrum extorquens DSM13060 is an endosymbiont that lives in the cells of shoot tip
meristems. The bacterium is methylotrophic and consumes plant-derived methanol for the …