Background Nitrogen is an essential nutrient in plant growth. The ability of a plant to supply
all or part of its requirements from biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) thanks to interactions …

The arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and the rhizobia-legume (RL) root endosymbioses are
established as a result of signal exchange in which there is mutual recognition of diffusible …

Plant tissues host a variety of fungi. One important group is the dark septate endophytes
(DSEs) that colonize plant roots and form characteristic intracellular structures–melanized …

Studies of nitrogen-fixing properties among the Gram-positive Actinobacteria revealed that
some species of Arthrobacter, Agromyces, Corynebacterium, Mycobacterium …

Human activities, industrialization and civilization have deteriorated the environment which
eventually has led to alarming effects on plants and animals by heightened amounts of …

The symbiosis between plants and nitrogen‐fixing bacteria is widespread among legumes
and actinorhizal plants within the nitrogen‐fixing root nodule (NFN) clade. However, there …

Frankia is a genus of soil actinomycetes famous for its ability to form N 2-fixing root nodule
symbioses with actinorhizal plants. Although Frankia strains display a high diversity in terms …

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Frankia strains are nitrogen-fixing soil actinobacteria that can form root symbioses with
actinorhizal plants. Phylogenetically, symbiotic frankiae can be divided into three clusters …

Comparative transcriptomics of two actinorhizal symbiotic plants, Casuarina glauca and
Alnus glutinosa, was used to gain insight into their symbiotic programs triggered following …