Molecular mechanisms of intercellular rhizobial infection: novel findings of an ancient process

J Quilbé, J Montiel, JF Arrighi, J Stougaard - Frontiers in plant science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Establishment of the root-nodule symbiosis in legumes involves rhizobial infection of nodule
primordia in the root cortex that is dependent on rhizobia crossing the root epidermal barrier …

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 …

Gain or Loss? Evidence for Legume Predisposition to Symbiotic Interactions with Rhizobia via Loss of Pathogen-Resistance-Related Gene Families

KB Czyż, CM Taylor, M Kawaliło, G Koczyk - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nodulation is a hallmark yet non-universal characteristic of legumes. It is unknown whether
the mechanisms underlying nitrogen-fixing symbioses evolved within legumes and the …

Phylosymbiosis in the rhizosphere microbiome extends to nitrogen cycle functional potential

M Van Bel, AE Fisher, L Ball, JT Columbus… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Most plants rely on specialized root-associated microbes to obtain essential nitrogen (N), yet
not much is known about the evolutionary history of the rhizosphere–plant interaction. We …