Specificity in legume-rhizobia symbioses

M Andrews, ME Andrews - International journal of molecular sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Most species in the Leguminosae (legume family) can fix atmospheric nitrogen (N2) via
symbiotic bacteria (rhizobia) in root nodules. Here, the literature on legume-rhizobia …

Biogeography of nodulated legumes and their nitrogen‐fixing symbionts

JI Sprent, J Ardley, EK James - New Phytologist, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Contents Summary 40 I. Introduction 40 II. Recent changes in the taxonomy of legume
genera 41 III. Latitudinal variations in the distribution of nodulated legumes 44 IV …

Horizontal transfer of symbiosis genes within and between rhizobial genera: occurrence and importance

M Andrews, S De Meyer, EK James, T Stępkowski… - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
Rhizobial symbiosis genes are often carried on symbiotic islands or plasmids that can be
transferred (horizontal transfer) between different bacterial species. Symbiosis genes …

The innovation of the symbiosome has enhanced the evolutionary stability of nitrogen fixation in legumes

SM de Faria, JJ Ringelberg, E Gross… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen‐fixing symbiosis is globally important in ecosystem functioning and agriculture, yet
the evolutionary history of nodulation remains the focus of considerable debate. Recent …

Why are rhizobial symbiosis genes mobile?

GE Wardell, MF Hynes, PJ Young… - … Transactions of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Rhizobia are one of the most important and best studied groups of bacterial symbionts. They
are defined by their ability to establish nitrogen-fixing intracellular infections within plant …

Evolution and biogeography of actinorhizal plants and legumes: A comparison

J Ardley, J Sprent - Journal of Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

[HTML][HTML]  Advances in Legume Systematics 14. Classification of Caesalpinioideae. Part 2: Higher-level classification

A Bruneau, LP de Queiroz, JJ Ringelberg… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 Abstract Caesalpinioideae is the second largest subfamily of legumes (Leguminosae) with
ca. 4680 species and 163 genera. It is an ecologically and economically important group …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic diversity of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and their effects on the growth of maize plants under greenhouse conditions

SH Youseif - Annals of Agricultural Sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Engineering of plant rhizosphere with beneficial plant growth promoting (PGP) bacteria
offers a great promise for sustainable crop productivity. In this context, 49 rhizospheric …

Soil characteristics determine the rhizobia in association with different species of Mimosa in central Brazil

R de Castro Pires, FB dos Reis Junior, JE Zilli… - Plant and soil, 2018 - Springer
Background and aims To evaluate the influence of soil type on the symbiosis between
Mimosa spp. and rhizobia. Methods A greenhouse experiment was carried out with trap …

The changing paradigm of rhizobial taxonomy and its systematic growth upto postgenomic technologies

J Rajkumari, P Katiyar, S Dheeman, P Pandey… - World Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Rhizobia are a diazotrophic group of bacteria that are usually isolated form the nodules in
roots, stem of leguminous plants and are able to form nodules in the host plant owing to the …