Rhizosphere bacterial signalling: a love parade beneath our feet

E Somers, J Vanderleyden… - Critical reviews in …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Plant roots support the growth and activities of a wide variety of microorganisms that may
have a profound effect on the growth and/or health of plants. Among these microorganisms …

Advances in Rhizobium research

A Sessitsch, JG Howieson, X Perret… - Critical Reviews in …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Referee: Prof. Dr. Dietrich Werner, FG Zellbiologie und Angewandte Botanik, Fachbereich
Biologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse, D-35032 Marburg, Germany …

Root exudation of phytochemicals in Arabidopsis follows specific patterns that are developmentally programmed and correlate with soil microbial functions

JM Chaparro, DV Badri, MG Bakker, A Sugiyama… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Plant roots constantly secrete compounds into the soil to interact with neighboring
organisms presumably to gain certain functional advantages at different stages of …

Metabolism of Rhizobium Bacteroids

E Lodwig, P Poole - Critical reviews in plant sciences, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Nitrogen fixation within legume nodules results from a complex metabolic exchange
between bacteria of the family Rhizobiaciae and the plant host. Carbon is supplied to the …

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 …

Molecular communication in the rhizosphere

D Faure, D Vereecke, JHJ Leveau - 2009 - Springer
This paper will exemplify molecular communications in the rhizosphere, especially between
plants and bacteria, and between bacteria and bacteria. More specifically, we describe …

Oxygen regulatory mechanisms of nitrogen fixation in rhizobia

PJ Rutten, PS Poole - Advances in microbial physiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Rhizobia are α-and β-proteobacteria that form a symbiotic partnership with legumes, fixing
atmospheric dinitrogen to ammonia and providing it to the plant. Oxygen regulation is key in …

Breeding for better symbiosis

Z Rengel - Food Security in Nutrient-Stressed Environments …, 2002 - Springer
The present review gives a critical assessment of the literature dealing with symbiosis
between rhizobia and legumes and between AM fungi and most plants. Associative N2 …

Leafy gall formation by Rhodococcus fascians

K Goethals, D Vereecke, M Jaziri… - Annual review of …, 2001 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Rhodococcus fascians infects a wide range of plants, initiating the formation of
leafy galls that consist of centers of shoot amplification and shoot growth inhibition. R …

Key roles of microsymbiont amino acid metabolism in rhizobia-legume interactions

MF Dunn - Critical reviews in microbiology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Rhizobia are bacteria in the α-proteobacterial genera Rhizobium, Sinorhizobium,
Mesorhizobium, Azorhizobium and Bradyrhizobium that reduce (fix) atmospheric nitrogen in …