Competition, Nodule Occupancy, and Persistence of Inoculant Strains: Key Factors in the Rhizobium-Legume Symbioses

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Machine learning applications in microbial ecology, human microbiome studies, and environmental monitoring

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A stringent response-defective Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens does not activate the type-3-secretion system, elicits early plant defense, and circumvents NH4NO3-induced inhibition of nodulation

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How rhizobia adapt to the nodule environment

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New methods for confocal imaging of infection threads in crop and model legumes

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Deciphering bacterial mechanisms of root colonization

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Inorganic Chemical Fertilizer Application to Wheat Reduces the Abundance of Putative Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria

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Conditional sanctioning in a legume–Rhizobium mutualism

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Understanding Nod factor signalling paves the way for targeted engineering in legumes and non-legumes

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

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Rhizosphere microbiome mediates systemic root metabolite exudation by root-to-root signaling

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EvoBot: An Open-Source, Modular, Liquid Handling Robot for Scientific Experiments

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Variation in rhizosphere microbial communities and its association with the symbiotic efficiency of rhizobia in soybean

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Tailoring plant-associated microbial inoculants in agriculture: a roadmap for successful application

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Optimizing Rhizobium-legume symbioses by simultaneous measurement of rhizobial competitiveness and N2 fixation in nodules

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The promiscuity of Phaseolus vulgaris L. (common bean) for nodulation with rhizobia: a review

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Symbiosis genes show a unique pattern of introgression and selection within a Rhizobium leguminosarum species complex

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Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii NodD2 enhances competitive nodule colonisation in the clover-rhizobium symbiosis

(2020) Shaun Ferguson et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Gut microbiome, big data and machine learning to promote precision medicine for cancer

(2020) Giovanni Cammarota et al.   Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Plant–microbiome interactions: from community assembly to plant health

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Compartmentalization drives the evolution of symbiotic cooperation

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Greenotyper: Image-Based Plant Phenotyping Using Distributed Computing and Deep Learning

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Exploiting Biological Nitrogen Fixation: A Route Towards a Sustainable Agriculture

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Lifestyle adaptations ofRhizobiumfrom rhizosphere to symbiosis

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Experimental evolution makes microbes more cooperative with their local host genotype

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Cooperation, Competition, and Specialized Metabolism in a Simplified Root Nodule Microbiome

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Regular Biochar and Bacteria-Inoculated Biochar Alter the Composition of the Microbial Community in the Soil of a Chinese Fir Plantation

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Evolution of diverse effective N2-fixing microsymbionts of Cicer arietinum following horizontal transfer of the Mesorhizobium ciceri CC1192 symbiosis integrative and conjugative element

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Advances and opportunities in image analysis of bacterial cells and communities

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MAUI‐seq: Metabarcoding using amplicons with unique molecular identifiers to improve error correction

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A Bacterial Expression Vector Archive (BEVA) for Flexible Modular Assembly of Golden Gate-Compatible Vectors

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Resource acquisition and allocation traits in symbiotic rhizobia with implications for life-history outside of legume hosts

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A review on the plant microbiome: Ecology, functions, and emerging trends in microbial application

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Root Exudation of Primary Metabolites: Mechanisms and Their Roles in Plant Responses to Environmental Stimuli

(2019) Alberto Canarini et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

The role of microbial motility and chemotaxis in symbiosis

(2019) Jean-Baptiste Raina et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Selection of Competitive and Efficient Rhizobia Strains for White Clover

(2019) Pilar Irisarri et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Soybean-Nodulating Strains With Low Intrinsic Competitiveness for Nodulation, Good Symbiotic Performance, and Stress-Tolerance Isolated From Soybean-Cropped Soils in Argentina

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Factoring Ecological, Societal, and Economic Considerations into Inoculant Development

(2019) Terrence H. Bell et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Engineering transkingdom signalling in plants to control gene expression in rhizosphere bacteria

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Soil indigenous microbiome and plant genotypes cooperatively modify soybean rhizosphere microbiome assembly

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Phylogeography of the Bradyrhizobium spp. Associated With Peanut, Arachis hypogaea: Fellow Travelers or New Associations?

(2019) Besma Bouznif et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Genetic Interaction Studies Reveal Superior Performance of Rhizobium tropici CIAT899 on a Range of Diverse East African Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Genotypes

(2019) A. H. Gunnabo et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial siderophores in community and host interactions

(2019) Jos Kramer et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

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

A bioinspired approach to engineer seed microenvironment to boost germination and mitigate soil salinity

(2019) Augustine T. Zvinavashe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Causalities of war: The connection between type VI secretion system and microbiota

(2019) Luke P. Allsopp et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Host‐specific competitiveness to form nodules in Rhizobium leguminosarum symbiovar viciae

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Formulation of a Highly Effective Inoculant for Common Bean Based on an Autochthonous Elite Strain of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. phaseoli, and Genomic-Based Insights Into Its Agronomic Performance

(2019) Raquel Pastor-Bueis et al.   Frontiers in 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

Aqueous peat extract exposes rhizobia to sub-lethal stress which may prime cells for improved desiccation tolerance

(2018) Mary Atieno et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Comparative genomics of 151 plant-associated bacteria reveal putative mechanisms underlying specific interactions between bacteria and plant hosts

(2018) Hongsheng Cai et al.   Genes & Genomics

Important Late-Stage Symbiotic Role of the Sinorhizobium meliloti Exopolysaccharide Succinoglycan

(2018) Markus F. F. Arnold et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Precise, automated control of conditions for high-throughput growth of yeast and bacteria with eVOLVER

(2018) Brandon G Wong et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Rhizobia: from saprophytes to endosymbionts

(2018) Philip Poole et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Select and resequence reveals relative fitness of bacteria in symbiotic and free-living environments

(2018) Liana T. Burghardt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Inorganic Nitrogen Application Affects Both Taxonomical and Predicted Functional Structure of Wheat Rhizosphere Bacterial Communities

(2018) Vanessa N. Kavamura et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Co-inoculation of a Pea Core-Collection with Diverse Rhizobial Strains Shows Competitiveness for Nodulation and Efficiency of Nitrogen Fixation Are Distinct traits in the Interaction

(2018) Virginie Bourion et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Horizontal Transfer of Symbiosis Genes within and Between Rhizobial Genera: Occurrence and Importance

(2018) Mitchell Andrews et al.   Genes

Dynamic root exudate chemistry and microbial substrate preferences drive patterns in rhizosphere microbial community assembly

(2018) Kateryna Zhalnina et al.   Nature Microbiology

Analysis of genome sequence and symbiotic ability of rhizobial strains isolated from seeds of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)

(2018) Alejandro Aguilar et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Multi-disciplinary approaches for studying rhizobium – legume symbioses

(2018) George C diCenzo et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

Soil microbial communities alter conspecific and congeneric competition consistent with patterns of field coexistence in three Trifolium congeners

(2018) Andrew Siefert et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Genome-Wide Association Analyses in the Model Rhizobium Ensifer meliloti

(2018) Brendan Epstein et al.   mSphere

Specificity traits consistent with legume-rhizobia coevolution displayed by Ensifer meliloti rhizosphere colonization

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Biochar-based Bradyrhizobium inoculum improves growth of lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.) under drought stress

(2017) Dilfuza Egamberdieva et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Nitrogen-enriched compost application combined with plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) improves seed quality and nutrient use efficiency of sunflower

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Type IV Effector Proteins Involved in the Medicago-Sinorhizobium Symbiosis

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The seed microbiome: Origins, interactions, and impacts

(2017) Eric B. Nelson   PLANT AND SOIL

Bacterial Biosensors for in Vivo Spatiotemporal Mapping of Root Secretion

(2017) Francesco Pini et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Shining a light on the dark world of plant root–microbe interactions

(2017) Philip Poole   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Live imaging of root–bacteria interactions in a microfluidics setup

(2017) Hassan Massalha et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Competition between rhizobia under different environmental conditions affects the nodulation of a legume

(2017) Zhao Jun Ji et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2017) Yasuyuki Kawaharada et al.   Nature Communications

Symbiosis limits establishment of legumes outside their native range at a global scale

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Genome-wide identification of bacterial plant colonization genes

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Spatio-temporal control of mutualism in legumes helps spread symbiotic nitrogen fixation

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Trade, Diplomacy, and Warfare: The Quest for Elite Rhizobia Inoculant Strains

(2017) Alice Checcucci et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Mutations in Two Paraburkholderia phymatum Type VI Secretion Systems Cause Reduced Fitness in Interbacterial Competition

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The Type VI Secretion System: A Dynamic System for Bacterial Communication?

(2017) Mathias Gallique et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Competition Experiments for Legume Infection Identify Burkholderia phymatum as a Highly Competitive β-Rhizobium

(2017) Martina Lardi et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Growth and Yield Responses of Cowpea to Inoculation and Phosphorus Fertilization in Different Environments

(2017) Stephen Kyei-Boahen et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

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

(2017) Małgorzata Marczak et al.   Genes

The future cost of electrical energy storage based on experience rates

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Maintenance and assessment of cell viability in formulation of non-sporulating bacterial inoculants

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The Sinorhizobium (Ensifer) fredii HH103 Nodulation Outer Protein NopI Is a Determinant for Efficient Nodulation of Soybean and Cowpea Plants

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Microbial inoculation of seed for improved crop performance: issues and opportunities

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Nitrogen fertilizer rate affects root exudation, the rhizosphere microbiome and nitrogen-use-efficiency of maize

(2016) Shusheng Zhu et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Genomic studies of nitrogen-fixing rhizobial strains from Phaseolus vulgaris seeds and nodules

(2016) Humberto Peralta et al.   BMC GENOMICS

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(2016) Rafal Zgadzaj et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Mixed Nodule Infection in Sinorhizobium meliloti–Medicago sativa Symbiosis Suggest the Presence of Cheating Behavior

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From the Lab to the Farm: An Industrial Perspective of Plant Beneficial Microorganisms

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Opening the “black box” of nodD3, nodD4 and nodD5 genes of Rhizobium tropici strain CIAT 899

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Population Genomics Analysis of Legume Host Preference for Specific Rhizobial Genotypes in the Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae Symbioses

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Inoculation with indigenous rhizobium strains increases yields of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in northern Spain, although its efficiency is affected by the tillage system

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Rapid Quantification of Mutant Fitness in Diverse Bacteria by Sequencing Randomly Bar-Coded Transposons

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Flagellar-Dependent Motility in Mesorhizobium tianshanense is Involved in the Early Stage of Plant Host Interaction: Study of an flgE Mutant

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Distinct soil microbial diversity under long-term organic and conventional farming

(2014) Martin Hartmann et al.   ISME Journal

Mutation ofpraRinRhizobium leguminosarumenhances root biofilms, improving nodulation competitiveness by increased expression of attachment proteins

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Conservation of Endangered Lupinus mariae-josephae in Its Natural Habitat by Inoculation with Selected, Native Bradyrhizobium Strains

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Whole Genome Sequencing and Analysis of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria Isolated from the Rhizosphere of Plantation Crops Coconut, Cocoa and Arecanut

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Transport and Metabolism in Legume-Rhizobia Symbioses

(2013) Michael Udvardi et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Homoserine catabolism byRhizobium leguminosarumbv.viciae3841 requires a plasmid-borne gene cluster that also affects competitiveness for nodulation

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Replicon-Dependent Bacterial Genome Evolution: The Case of Sinorhizobium meliloti

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Construction of a marker system for the evaluation of competitiveness for legume nodulation in Rhizobium strains

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Going back to the roots: the microbial ecology of the rhizosphere

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Legumes in prairie restoration: evidence for wide cross-nodulation and improved inoculant delivery

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Characterization of mineral phosphate solubilization traits from a barley rhizosphere soil functional metagenome

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A comparative genomics screen identifies a Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 sodM-like gene strongly expressed within host plant nodules

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Increased Production of the Exopolysaccharide Succinoglycan Enhances Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 Symbiosis with the Host Plant Medicago truncatula

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Glycerol utilization by Rhizobium leguminosarum requires an ABC transporter and affects competition for nodulation

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(2012) Maren L. Friesen   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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(2012) Benoît Drogue et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

The Genetics of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation: Comparative Genomics of 14 Rhizobia Strains by Resolution of Protein Clusters

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(2011) Pablo Bogino et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

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

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A Plant Arabinogalactan-Like Glycoprotein Promotes a Novel Type of Polar Surface Attachment byRhizobium leguminosarum

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Identifying microbial fitness determinants by insertion sequencing using genome-wide transposon mutant libraries

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A re-appraisal of the biology and terminology describing rhizobial strain success in nodule occupancy of legumes in agriculture

(2011) Ron John Yates et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Never too many? How legumes control nodule numbers

(2011) VIRGINIE MORTIER et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Failure to fix nitrogen by non-reproductive symbiotic rhizobia triggers host sanctions that reduce fitness of their reproductive clonemates

(2011) R. Oono et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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(2010) Jerzy Wielbo et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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(2009) Ben Lugtenberg et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

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

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(2008) E. Toby Kiers et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

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(2008) Mario Juhas et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

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(2008) William C. Ratcliff et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

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(2008) Samuel Duodu et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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