Rhizobial Exopolysaccharides: Genetic Regulation of Their Synthesis and Relevance in Symbiosis with Legumes

Phosphorylation systems in symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria and their role in bacterial adaptation to various environmental stresses

(2020) Paulina Lipa et al.   PeerJ

Deciphering the Symbiotic Significance of Quorum Sensing Systems of Sinorhizobium fredii HH103

(2020) Sebastián Acosta-Jurado et al.   Microorganisms

Structure of the unusual Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 lipopolysaccharide and its role in symbiosis

(2020) Flaviana Di Lorenzo et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Structural signatures in EPR3 define a unique class of plant carbohydrate receptors

(2020) Jaslyn E. M. M. Wong et al.   Nature Communications

PssJ Is a Terminal Galactosyltransferase Involved in the Assembly of the Exopolysaccharide Subunit in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. Trifolii

(2020) Małgorzata Marczak et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Unraveling the sugar code: the role of microbial extracellular glycans in plant-microbe interactions

(2020) Alan Wanke et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Determinants of Host Range Specificity in Legume-Rhizobia Symbiosis

(2020) Liam Walker et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 nolR and nodD2 mutants gain capacity for infection thread invasion of Lotus japonicus Gifu and Lotus burttii

(2019) Sebastián Acosta‐Jurado et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Transcriptomic Studies Reveal that the Rhizobium leguminosarum Serine/Threonine Protein Phosphatase PssZ has a Role in the Synthesis of Cell-Surface Components, Nutrient Utilization, and Other Cellular Processes

(2019) Paulina Lipa et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Celebrating 20 years of genetic discoveries in legume nodulation and symbiotic nitrogen fixation

(2019) Sonali Roy et al.   PLANT CELL

Sinorhizobium meliloti succinylated high molecular weight succinoglycan and the Medicago truncatula LysM receptor‐like kinase MtLYK10 participate independently in symbiotic infection

(2019) Fabienne Maillet et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 syrM inactivation affects the expression of a large number of genes, impairs nodulation with soybean and extends the host‐range to Lotus japonicus

(2019) Sebastián Acosta‐Jurado et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Microbial inoculants: reviewing the past, discussing the present and previewing an outstanding future for the use of beneficial bacteria in agriculture

(2019) Mariana Sanches Santos et al.   AMB Express

Recent insights in microbial exopolysaccharide biosynthesis and engineering strategies

(2018) Jochen Schmid   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Cell differentiation in nitrogen-fixing nodules hosting symbiosomes

(2018) Anna V. Tsyganova et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Rhizobia: from saprophytes to endosymbionts

(2018) Philip Poole et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Extracellular polysaccharide protects Rhizobium leguminosarum cells against zinc stress in vitro and during symbiosis with clover

(2018) Magdalena Kopycińska et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

The Symbiosome: Legume and Rhizobia Co-evolution toward a Nitrogen-Fixing Organelle?

(2018) Teodoro Coba de la Peña et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Regulation Mediated by N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone Quorum Sensing Signals in the Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis

(2018) Nieves Calatrava-Morales et al.   Genes

Hanks-Type Serine/Threonine Protein Kinases and Phosphatases in Bacteria: Roles in Signaling and Adaptation to Various Environments

(2018) Monika Janczarek et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Mutation in the pssZ Gene Negatively Impacts Exopolysaccharide Synthesis, Surface Properties, and Symbiosis of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii with Clover

(2018) Paulina Lipa et al.   Genes

Identifying the region responsible for Brucella abortus MucR higher-order oligomer formation and examining its role in gene regulation

(2018) Luciano Pirone et al.   Scientific Reports

Sinorhizobium fredii Strains HH103 and NGR234 Form Nitrogen Fixing Nodules With Diverse Wild Soybeans (Glycine soja) From Central China but Are Ineffective on Northern China Accessions

(2018) Francisco Temprano-Vera et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Novel Genes and Regulators That Influence Production of Cell Surface Exopolysaccharides in Sinorhizobium meliloti

(2017) Melanie J. Barnett et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Sinorhizobium (Ensifer) fredii HH103 rkp-2 region is involved in the biosynthesis of lipopolysaccharide and exopolysaccharide but not in K-antigen polysaccharide production

(2017) Sebastián Acosta-Jurado et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

A mutation in pssE affects exopolysaccharide synthesis by Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii, its surface properties, and symbiosis with clover

(2017) Monika Janczarek et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Differential regulation of the Epr3 receptor coordinates membrane-restricted rhizobial colonization of root nodule primordia

(2017) Yasuyuki Kawaharada et al.   Nature Communications

Regulatory Elements Located in the Upstream Region of the Rhizobium leguminosarum rosR Global Regulator Are Essential for Its Transcription and mRNA Stability

(2017) Kamila Rachwał et al.   Genes

Transcriptomic Studies of the Effect of nod Gene-Inducing Molecules in Rhizobia: Different Weapons, One Purpose

(2017) Irene Jiménez-Guerrero et al.   Genes

Synthesis of Rhizobial Exopolysaccharides and Their Importance for Symbiosis with Legume Plants

(2017) Małgorzata Marczak et al.   Genes

Reclassification of strains MAFF 303099T and R7A into Mesorhizobium japonicum sp. nov.

(2016)   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Structures of Exopolysaccharides Involved in Receptor-mediated Perception ofMesorhizobium lotibyLotus japonicus

(2016) Artur Muszyński et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

TheSinorhizobium frediiHH103 MucR1 Global Regulator Is Connected With thenodRegulon and Is Required for Efficient Symbiosis WithLotus burttiiandGlycine maxcv. Williams

(2016) Sebastián Acosta-Jurado et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

MucR Is Required for Transcriptional Activation of Conserved Ion Transporters to Support Nitrogen Fixation ofSinorhizobium frediiin Soybean Nodules

(2016) Jian Jiao et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 Invades Lotus burttii by Crack Entry in a Nod Factor–and Surface Polysaccharide–Dependent Manner

(2016) Sebastián Acosta-Jurado et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Exopolysaccharide Production by Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 Is Repressed by Genistein in a NodD1-Dependent Manner

(2016) Sebastián Acosta-Jurado et al.   PLoS One

The Regulatory Protein RosR Affects Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii Protein Profiles, Cell Surface Properties, and Symbiosis with Clover

(2016) Kamila Rachwał et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Surface Properties of Wild-Type Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii Strain 24.2 and Its Derivatives with Different Extracellular Polysaccharide Content

(2016) Jolanta Cieśla et al.   PLoS One

A transcriptomic analysis of the effect of genistein on Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 reveals novel rhizobial genes putatively involved in symbiosis

(2016) F. Pérez-Montaño et al.   Scientific Reports

Signal molecules and cell-surface components involved in early stages of the legume–rhizobium interactions

(2015) Monika Janczarek et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Nodulation outer proteins: double-edged swords of symbiotic rhizobia

(2015) C. Staehelin et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Transcriptome profiling of a Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii rosR mutant reveals the role of the transcriptional regulator RosR in motility, synthesis of cell-surface components, and other cellular processes

(2015) Kamila Rachwał et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Plant cysteine-rich peptides that inhibit pathogen growth and control rhizobial differentiation in legume nodules

(2015) Gergely Maróti et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

S inorhizobium fredii  HH103 bacteroids are not terminally differentiated and show altered O-antigen in nodules of the Inverted Repeat-Lacking Clade legume G lycyrrhiza uralensis

(2015) Juan C. Crespo-Rivas et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Sinorhizobium meliloti SyrM Regulon: Effects on Global Gene Expression Are Mediated bysyrAandnodD3

(2015) Melanie J. Barnett et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 Genome: A Comparative Analysis With S. fredii Strains Differing in Their Symbiotic Behavior With Soybean

(2015) José-María Vinardell et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Receptor-mediated exopolysaccharide perception controls bacterial infection

(2015) Y. Kawaharada et al.   NATURE

Genetic characterization of the Pss region and the role of PssS in exopolysaccharide production and symbiosis of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii with clover

(2015) Monika Janczarek et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Genome sequence of the Lotus spp. microsymbiont Mesorhizobium loti strain R7A

(2015) Simon Kelly et al.   Standards in Genomic Sciences

RNA Sequencing Analysis of the Broad-Host-Range Strain Sinorhizobium fredii NGR234 Identifies a Large Set of Genes Linked to Quorum Sensing-Dependent Regulation in the Background of atraIandngrIDeletion Mutant

(2014) Dagmar Krysciak et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Production of exopolysaccharide by Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii and its role in bacterial attachment and surface properties

(2014) Monika Janczarek et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Structure and Biological Roles of Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 Exopolysaccharide

(2014) Dulce N. Rodríguez-Navarro et al.   PLoS One

Nitrogen-fixing Rhizobium-legume symbiosis: are polyploidy and host peptide-governed symbiont differentiation general principles of endosymbiosis?

(2014) Gergely Maróti et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Biotechnological solutions to the nitrogen problem

(2013) Giles ED Oldroyd et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Mutation in the pssA Gene Involved in Exopolysaccharide Synthesis Leads to Several Physiological and Symbiotic Defects in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii

(2013) Monika Janczarek et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

The Role of Bacterial Biofilms and Surface Components in Plant-Bacterial Associations

(2013) Pablo Bogino et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Expression of the Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii pssA Gene, Involved in Exopolysaccharide Synthesis, Is Regulated by RosR, Phosphate, and the Carbon Source

(2013) M. Janczarek et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Speak, friend and enter: signalling systems that promote beneficial symbiotic associations in plants

(2013) Giles E. D. Oldroyd   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The response of the Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii wild-type and exopolysaccharide-deficient mutants to oxidative stress

(2013) Magdalena Jaszek et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Genome Sequence of the Soybean Symbiont Sinorhizobium fredii HH103

(2012) S. Weidner et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Conditional Requirement for Exopolysaccharide in theMesorhizobium–LotusSymbiosis

(2012) Simon J. Kelly et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Light regulates attachment, exopolysaccharide production, and nodulation inRhizobium leguminosarumthrough a LOV-histidine kinase photoreceptor

(2012) Hernán R. Bonomi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Legume receptors perceive the rhizobial lipochitin oligosaccharide signal molecules by direct binding

(2012) A. Broghammer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Comparative genomics of rhizobia nodulating soybean suggests extensive recruitment of lineage-specific genes in adaptations

(2012) C. F. Tian et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 does not strictly require KPS and/or EPS to nodulate Glycyrrhiza uralensis, an indeterminate nodule-forming legume

(2011) Isabel Margaret-Oliver et al.   ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY

Modulation of rosR Expression and Exopolysaccharide Production in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii by Phosphate and Clover Root Exudates

(2011) Monika Janczarek et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Environmental Signals and Regulatory Pathways That Influence Exopolysaccharide Production in Rhizobia

(2011) Monika Janczarek   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Symbiotic properties and first analyses of the genomic sequence of the fast growing model strain Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 nodulating soybean

(2011) Isabel Margaret et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Co-ordination of quorum-sensing regulation in Rhizobium leguminosarum by induction of an anti-repressor

(2011) Marijke Frederix et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii rosR is required for interaction with clover, biofilm formation and adaptation to the environment

(2010) Monika Janczarek et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Structures of the lipopolysaccharides from Rhizobium leguminosarum RBL5523 and its UDP-glucose dehydrogenase mutant (exo5)

(2010) A. Muszynski et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

Mutation in thepssMgene encoding ketal pyruvate transferase leads to disruption ofRhizobium leguminosarumbv.viciae-Pisum sativumsymbiosis

(2010) T.V. Ivashina et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Complex Regulation of Symbiotic Functions Is Coordinated by MucR and Quorum Sensing in Sinorhizobium meliloti

(2010) K. Mueller et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Molecular Analysis of Legume Nodule Development and Autoregulation

(2010) Brett J. Ferguson et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

The rkpU gene of Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 is required for bacterial K-antigen polysaccharide production and for efficient nodulation with soybean but not with cowpea

(2010) A. Hidalgo et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Sinorhizobium meliloti1021 Loss-of-Function Deletion Mutation inchvIand Its Phenotypic Characteristics

(2010) Chunxia Wang et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Complete genome sequence of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv trifolii strain WSM2304, an effective microsymbiont of the South American clover Trifolium polymorphum.

(2010) Wayne Reeve et al.   Standards in Genomic Sciences

Complete genome sequence of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii strain WSM1325, an effective microsymbiont of annual Mediterranean clovers.

(2010) Wayne Reeve et al.   Standards in Genomic Sciences

Multiple copies of rosR and pssA genes enhance exopolysaccharide production, symbiotic competitiveness and clover nodulation in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii

(2009) Monika Janczarek et al.   ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial tyrosine-kinases: Structure–function analysis and therapeutic potential

(2009) Christophe Grangeasse et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS

An integrated view of biofilm formation in rhizobia

(2009) Luciana V. Rinaudi et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Identification of Direct Transcriptional Target Genes of ExoS/ChvI Two-Component Signaling in Sinorhizobium meliloti

(2009) E. J. Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The cin and rai Quorum-Sensing Regulatory Systems in Rhizobium leguminosarum Are Coordinated by ExpR and CinS, a Small Regulatory Protein Coexpressed with CinI

(2009) A. Edwards et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Novel Genes emmABC Are Associated with Exopolysaccharide Production, Motility, Stress Adaptation, and Symbiosis in Sinorhizobium meliloti

(2009) J. Morris et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Sinorhizobium frediiHH103cgsMutants Are Unable to Nodulate Determinate- and Indeterminate Nodule–Forming Legumes and Overproduce an Altered EPS

(2009) Juan C. Crespo-Rivas et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

New taxonomic markers for identification of Rhizobium leguminosarum and discrimination between closely related species

(2008) Monika Janczarek et al.   ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of protein secretion systems and novel secreted proteins in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae

(2008) Martin Krehenbrink et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Rhizobium leguminosarumbv.trifolii rosRgene expression is regulated by catabolic repression

(2008) Monika Janczarek et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Fine-Tuning of Galactoglucan Biosynthesis in Sinorhizobium meliloti by Differential WggR (ExpG)-, PhoB-, and MucR-Dependent Regulation of Two Promoters

(2008) C. Bahlawane et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

HPrK Regulates Succinate-Mediated Catabolite Repression in the Gram-Negative Symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti

(2008) C. A. Pinedo et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Competitive and Cooperative Effects in Quorum-Sensing-Regulated Galactoglucan Biosynthesis in Sinorhizobium meliloti

(2008) M. McIntosh et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Requirement for Mesorhizobium loti Ornithine Transcarbamoylase for Successful Symbiosis with Lotus japonicus as Revealed by an Unexpected Long-Range Genome Deletion

(2008) E. Mishima et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Differential response of the plant Medicago truncatula to its symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti or an exopolysaccharide-deficient mutant

(2008) K. M. Jones et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA