Rhizobia are soil proteobacteria able to engage in a nitrogen-fixing symbiotic interaction
with legumes that involves the rhizobial infection of roots and the bacterial invasion of new …

Rhizobia are Gram-negative bacteria that can exist either as free-living bacteria or as
nitrogen-fixing symbionts inside root nodules of leguminous plants. The composition of the …

Legumes are a highly important source of food, feed, and biofuel crops. With a few
exceptions, these plants can enter into a complex symbiotic relationship with specific soil …

This review is the sixth update of the original article published in 1999 on the application of
MALDI mass spectrometry to the analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates and brings …

Immune sensing of the Gram-negative bacterial membrane glycolipid lipopolysaccharide
(LPS) is both a critical component of host defense against bacterial infection and a …

The lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is the major constituent of the outer leaflet of the outer
membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. Its lipid A moiety is embedded in the membrane and …

Pyrogen, often as a contaminant, is a key indicator affecting the safety of almost all
parenteral drugs (including biologicals, chemicals, traditional Chinese medicines and …

Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii is a soil bacterium able to establish symbiosis with
agriculturally important legumes, ie, clover plants (Trifolium spp.). Cell surface properties of …

Common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) is a grain legume used in animal feeding, rich in protein
content, fatty acid, and mineral composition that makes for a very adequate component to …

The food borne pathogen Bacillus cereus produces uronic acid‐containing glycans that are
secreted in a shielding biofilm environment, and certain alkaliphilic Bacillus deposit uronate …