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

Numerous microbial communities show synergistic and antagonistic interactions among
themselves, resulting in benefit and harm to either or both the associated members. The …

Biological nitrogen fixation by Rhizobium-legume symbioses represents an environmentally
friendly and inexpensive alternative to the use of chemical nitrogen fertilizers in legume …

The increasing need for environmentaly friendly agricultural practices is driving the use of
fertilizers based on beneficial microorganisms. The latter belong to a wide array of genera …

The rapid expansion of degraded soil puts pressure on agricultural crop yield while also
increasing the likelihood of food scarcity in the near future at the global level. The degraded …

Plants support a diverse array of bacteria, including parasites, mutualists, and commensals
on and around their roots, in the vasculature, and on aerial tissues. These microbes have a …

Compatible interaction between commonly used plant growth promoting rhizobacteria
(PGPR) in biofilm mode in vitro and in the rhizosphere is expected to provide better …

The effects of salt upon Azospirillum brasilense strain Cd on plant growth, nodulation,
flavonoid and lipochitooligosaccharide (LCOs-Nod factor) production, were sequentially …

Phytohormone production is one mechanism by which rhizobacteria can stimulate plant
growth, but it is not clear whether the bacteria gain from this mechanism. The hypothesis that …

Attachment of soil bacteria to plant cells is supposedly the very early step required in plant–
microbe interactions. Attachment also is an initial step for the formation of microbial biofilms …