Rhizobia are some of the best-studied plant microbiota. These oligotrophic
Alphaproteobacteria or Betaproteobacteria form symbioses with their legume hosts …

Members of the plant family Leguminosae (Fabaceae) are unique in that they have evolved
a symbiotic relationship with rhizobia (a group of soil bacteria that can fix atmospheric …

Rhizobia induce nodule formation on legume roots and differentiate into bacteroids, which
catabolize plant-derived dicarboxylates to reduce atmospheric N2 into ammonia. Despite …

Cadmium (Cd) pollution in croplands is a global environmental problem. Measures to
improve the tolerance of sensitive crops and reduce pollutant absorption and accumulation …

Ralstonia solanacearum thrives in plant xylem vessels and causes bacterial wilt disease
despite the low nutrient content of xylem sap. We found that R. solanacearum manipulates …

Rhizobia are a phylogenetically diverse group of soil bacteria that engage in mutualistic
interactions with legume plants. Although specifics of the symbioses differ between strains …

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 …

Symbiotic nodules formed on legume roots with rhizobia fix atmospheric N2. Bacteria reduce
N2 to NH4+ that is assimilated into amino acids by the plant. In return, the plant provides …

The rhizobium–legume symbiosis is a major source of fixed nitrogen (ammonia) in the
biosphere. The potential for this process to increase agricultural yield while reducing the …

Plants engineer the rhizosphere to their advantage by secreting various nutrients and
secondary metabolites. Coupling transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses of the pea …