Rhizobia—a diverse group of soil bacteria—induce the formation of nitrogen-fixing nodules
on the roots of legumes. Nodulation begins when the roots initiate a molecular dialogue with …

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 …

Many bacteria in the environment have adapted to the presence of toxic heavy metals. Over
the last 30 years, this heavy metal tolerance was the subject of extensive research. The …

Abstract Soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merrill, is one of the most important food crops in the
world. High soybean yields require large amounts of N fertilizers, which are expensive and …

Rhizobium leguminosarum is a soil bacterium with the ability to form nitrogen-fixing nodules
on the roots of leguminous plants. Soil-dwelling, free-living R. leguminosarum often …

Rhizobium sp. strain NGR234 is a unique alphaproteobacterium (order Rhizobiales) that
forms nitrogen-fixing nodules with more legumes than any other microsymbiont. We report …

Flagellin glycosylation is a necessary modification allowing flagellar assembly, bacterial
motility, colonization, and hence virulence for the gastrointestinal pathogen Helicobacter …

Sinorhizobium (Ensifer) fredii (S. fredii) is a rhizobial species exhibiting a remarkably broad
nodulation host-range. Thus, S. fredii is able to effectively nodulate dozens of different …

The sialic acid-like sugar 5, 7-diacetamido-3, 5, 7, 9-tetradeoxy-d-glycero-d-galacto-
nonulosonic acid, or legion-aminic acid, is found as a virulence-associated cell-surface …

Cell surface glycosylation is an important element in defining the life of pathogenic bacteria.
Tannerella forsythia is a Gram-negative, anaerobic periodontal pathogen inhabiting the …