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 …

DNA microarrays were used to study the gene expression profile of Escherichia coli JM109
and K12 biofilms. Both glass wool in shake flasks and mild steel 1010 plates in continuous …

During the past four decades we have witnessed the doubling of the human population and
a concurrent doubling of food production (Vance, 2001). Plant nutrition has played a key role …

Although Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a significant cause of nosocomial
infections worldwide, there have been few investigations describing the factors important for …

The most recent data on the system of cmp (competitiveness) genes that determine the
nodulation competitiveness of rhizobial strains, ie, the ability to compete for nodule formation …

Our analyses of lipopolysaccharide mutants of Sinorhizobium meliloti offer insights into how
this bacterium establishes the chronic intracellular infection of plant cells that is necessary …

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

The model legume species Medicago truncatula expresses more than 700 nodule-specific
cysteine-rich (NCR) signaling peptides that mediate the differentiation of Sinorhizobium …

Although the role that lipopolysaccharide (LPS) plays in the symbiosis between
Sinorhizobium meliloti and alfalfa has been studied for over a decade, its function in this …

Legumes of the Medicago genus have a symbiotic relationship with the bacterium
Sinorhizobium meliloti and develop root nodules housing large numbers of intracellular …