Molecular Biology in the Improvement of Biological Nitrogen Fixation by Rhizobia and Extending the Scope to Cereals

Heterologous Expression and Engineering of the Nitrogenase Cofactor Biosynthesis Scaffold NifEN

(2020) Joseph B. Solomon et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Hydrogen-uptake genes improve symbiotic efficiency in common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

(2020) Adalgisa Ribeiro Torres et al.   ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Electron Transfer in Nitrogenase

(2020) Hannah L. Rutledge et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Use of synthetic biology tools to optimize the production of active nitrogenase Fe protein in chloroplasts of tobacco leaf cells

(2020) Álvaro Eseverri et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Expression of the Legume-Specific Nod Factor Receptor Proteins Alters Developmental and Immune Responses in Rice

(2020) Alma Altúzar-Molina et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTER

A Model for Nitrogen Fixation in Cereal Crops

(2020) Alan B. Bennett et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Efficacy of a Plant-Microbe System: Pisum sativum (L.) Cadmium-Tolerant Mutant and Rhizobium leguminosarum Strains, Expressing Pea Metallothionein Genes PsMT1 and PsMT2, for Cadmium Phytoremediation

(2020) Viktor E. Tsyganov et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Biological nitrogen fixation in maize: optimizing nitrogenase expression in a root-associated diazotroph

(2020) Sarah E Bloch et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Heterologous expression of nifA or nodD genes improves chickpea-Mesorhizobium symbiotic performance

(2019) José Rodrigo da-Silva et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Geobiological feedbacks, oxygen, and the evolution of nitrogenase

(2019) Florence Mus et al.   FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Combined Assembly and Targeted Integration of Multigene for Nitrogenase Biosynthetic Pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

(2019) Xiaomeng Liu et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

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

(2019) Barney A. Geddes et al.   Nature Communications

Disruption of the Lotus japonicus transporter LjNPF2.9 increases shoot biomass and nitrate content without affecting symbiotic performances

(2019) Stefano Sol et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Overexpression of the Chromosome Partitioning Gene parA in Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571 Alters the Bacteroid Morphotype in Sesbania rostrata Stem Nodules

(2019) Hsiao-Lin Chien et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Nitrogenase Bioelectrochemistry for Synthesis Applications

(2019) Ross D. Milton et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Are we there yet? The long walk towards the development of efficient symbiotic associations between nitrogen-fixing bacteria and non-leguminous crops

(2019) Vânia C. S. Pankievicz et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

New insights into cadmium stressful-conditions: Role of ethylene on selenium-mediated antioxidant enzymes

(2019) Leticia Rodrigues Alves et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Control of nitrogen fixation in bacteria that associate with cereals

(2019) Min-Hyung Ryu et al.   Nature Microbiology

Effectiveness of nitrogen fixation in rhizobia

(2019) Kristina Lindström et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Nitrate Transport, Signaling, and Use Efficiency

(2018) Ya-Yun Wang et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Nodulation and Delayed Nodule Senescence: Strategies of Two Bradyrhizobium Japonicum Isolates with High Capacity to Fix Nitrogen

(2018) Silvina M. Y. López et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

The expression of an exogenous ACC deaminase by the endophyte Serratia grimesii BXF1 promotes the early nodulation and growth of common bean

(2018) M.J. Tavares et al.   LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Heterologous Expression of Rhizobial CelC2 Cellulase Impairs Symbiotic Signaling and Nodulation in Medicago truncatula

(2018) Marta Robledo et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Polyprotein strategy for stoichiometric assembly of nitrogen fixation components for synthetic biology

(2018) Jianguo Yang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nitrogen fixation in a landrace of maize is supported by a mucilage-associated diazotrophic microbiota

(2018) Allen Van Deynze et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Positive and negative regulation of transferred nif genes mediated by indigenous GlnR in Gram-positive Paenibacillus polymyxa

(2018) Tianshu Wang et al.   PLoS Genetics

Nitrogen Fixation in Cereals

(2018) Mónica Rosenblueth et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Interaction and Regulation of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Metabolisms in Root Nodules of Legumes

(2018) Ailin Liu et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Harnessing Rhizobia to Improve Heavy-Metal Phytoremediation by Legumes

(2018) Camilla Fagorzi et al.   Genes

Double genetically modified symbiotic system for improved Cu phytostabilization in legume roots

(2017) Patricia Pérez-Palacios et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Metabolic engineering of a diazotrophic bacterium improves ammonium release and biofertilization of plants and microalgae

(2017) Rafael Ambrosio et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Arsenic methylation by a genetically engineered Rhizobium-legume symbiont

(2017) Jun Zhang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Stress-Activated Chaperones: A First Line of Defense

(2017) Wilhelm Voth et al.   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

Improved Drought Stress Response in Alfalfa Plants Nodulated by an IAA Over-producing Rhizobium Strain

(2017) Roberto Defez et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Potential of Native Rhizobia in Enhancing Nitrogen Fixation and Yields of Climbing Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in Contrasting Environments of Eastern Kenya

(2017) Gilbert Koskey et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Expression of 16 Nitrogenase Proteins within the Plant Mitochondrial Matrix

(2017) Robert S. Allen et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

The ropAe gene encodes a porin-like protein involved in copper transit in Rhizobium etli CFN42

(2017) Antonio González-Sánchez et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and the Challenges to Its Extension to Nonlegumes

(2016) Florence Mus et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Overexpression of AhpC enhances stress tolerance and N 2 –fixation in Anabaena by upregulating stress responsive genes

(2016) Alok Kumar Shrivastava et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS

Major cereal crops benefit from biological nitrogen fixation when inoculated with the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5 X940

(2016) Ana Romina Fox et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A quantitative analysis of the direct and indirect costs of nitrogen fixation: a model based on Azotobacter vinelandii

(2016) Keisuke Inomura et al.   ISME Journal

Overproduction of Indole-3-Acetic Acid in Free-Living Rhizobia Induces Transcriptional Changes Resembling Those Occurring in Nodule Bacteroids

(2016) Roberto Defez et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Ensifer meliloti overexpressing Escherichia coli phytase gene (appA) improves phosphorus (P) acquisition in maize plants

(2016) Vikas Sharma et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

The Symbiotic Performance of Chickpea Rhizobia Can Be Improved by Additional Copies of the clpB Chaperone Gene

(2016) Ana Paço et al.   PLoS One

Ensifer meliloti overexpressing Escherichia coli phytase gene (appA) improves phosphorus (P) acquisition in maize plants

(2016) Vikas Sharma et al.   Science of Nature

Expression of Active Subunit of Nitrogenase via Integration into Plant Organelle Genome

(2016) Natalia B. Ivleva et al.   PLoS One

Use of commercial bio-inoculants to increase agricultural production through improved phosphrous acquisition

(2015) D. Owen et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Redox regulation of differentiation in symbiotic nitrogen fixation

(2015) Carolina Werner Ribeiro et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS

Use of plant colonizing bacteria as chassis for transfer of N 2 -fixation to cereals

(2015) Barney A Geddes et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Tracing the evolutionary path to nitrogen-fixing crops

(2015) Pierre-Marc Delaux et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Effects of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase-overproducing Sinorhizobium meliloti on plant growth and copper tolerance of Medicago lupulina

(2015) Zhaoyu Kong et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Deep Sequencing of theMedicago truncatulaRoot Transcriptome Reveals a Massive and Early Interaction between Nodulation Factor and Ethylene Signals

(2015) Estíbaliz Larrainzar et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Increased trehalose biosynthesis improves Mesorhizobium ciceri growth and symbiosis establishment in saline conditions

(2015) Salwa Moussaid et al.   SYMBIOSIS

Ethylene, a Hormone at the Center-Stage of Nodulation

(2015) Frédérique C. Guinel   Frontiers in Plant Science

Mechanism of Nitrogen Fixation by Nitrogenase: The Next Stage

(2014) Brian M. Hoffman et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Improving legume nodulation and Cu rhizostabilization using a genetically modified rhizobia

(2014) Julián Delgadillo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY

Reactive oxygen species, heat stress and oxidative-induced mitochondrial damage. A review

(2014) Imen Belhadj Slimen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYPERTHERMIA

Rhizobium rhizoryzae sp. nov., isolated from rice roots

(2014) X.-X. Zhang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Synthetic biology approaches to engineering the nitrogen symbiosis in cereals

(2014) C. Rogers et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Functional optimization of gene clusters by combinatorial design and assembly

(2014) Michael J Smanski et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Challenges to develop nitrogen-fixing cereals by direct nif-gene transfer

(2014) Leonardo Curatti et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Legumes for feed, food, biomaterials and bioenergy in Europe: a review

(2013) Anne-Sophie Voisin et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Genetic Diversity and Geographical Distribution of Indigenous Soybean-Nodulating Bradyrhizobia in the United States

(2013) Sokichi Shiro et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2013) Elizabeth M. Vanderlinde et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Expression of an exogenous 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase gene inMesorhizobiumspp. reduces the negative effects of salt stress in chickpea

(2013) Clarisse Brígido et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Flavodoxin overexpression confers tolerance to oxidative stress in beneficial soil bacteria and improves survival in the presence of the herbicides paraquat and atrazine

(2013) T. Coba de la Peña et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Structural and functional genomics of plasmid pSinA of Sinorhizobium sp. M14 encoding genes for the arsenite oxidation and arsenic resistance

(2013) Lukasz Drewniak et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Plant growth promotion in cereal and leguminous agricultural important plants: From microorganism capacities to crop production

(2013) F. Pérez-Montaño et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Rhizobial Synthesized Cytokinins Contribute to But Are Not Essential for the Symbiotic Interaction Between Photosynthetic Bradyrhizobia andAeschynomeneLegumes

(2013) Kateřina Podlešáková et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Effects of Indole-3-Acetic Acid on the Transcriptional Activities and Stress Tolerance of Bradyrhizobium japonicum

(2013) Andrew J. Donati et al.   PLoS One

Effects of Engineered Sinorhizobium meliloti on Cytokinin Synthesis and Tolerance of Alfalfa to Extreme Drought Stress

(2012) Ji Xu et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2012) K. M. Jones   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Enhanced expression of Rhizobium etli cbb 3 oxidase improves drought tolerance of common bean symbiotic nitrogen fixation

(2012) C. Talbi et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Mesorhizobium ciceri LMS-1 expressing an exogenous 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase increases its nodulation abilities and chickpea plant resistance to soil constraints

(2012) F.X. Nascimento et al.   LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Role of Rhizobium endoglucanase CelC2 in cellulose biosynthesis and biofilm formation on plant roots and abiotic surfaces

(2012) M Robledo et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

Transcriptional analysis of major chaperone genes in salt-tolerant and salt-sensitive mesorhizobia

(2012) Clarisse Brígido et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

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

(2012) H. Ding et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Alfalfa nodules elicited by a flavodoxin-overexpressing Ensifer meliloti strain display nitrogen-fixing activity with enhanced tolerance to salinity stress

(2012) Francisco J. Redondo et al.   PLANTA

Choice of hydrogen uptake (Hup) status in legume-rhizobia symbioses

(2012) Henry Annan et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Inducing salt tolerance in mung bean through coinoculation with rhizobia and plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria containing 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase

(2011) Maqshoof Ahmad et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

Enhanced chickpea growth-promotion ability of a Mesorhizobium strain expressing an exogenous ACC deaminase gene

(2011) F. Nascimento et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Diversity and Activity of Free-Living Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria and Total Bacteria in Organic and Conventionally Managed Soils

(2010) Caroline H. Orr et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Improvement of Phosphate Solubilization and Medicago Plant Yield by an Indole-3-Acetic Acid-Overproducing Strain of Sinorhizobium meliloti

(2010) C. Bianco et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Enhancement of the nitrogen fixation efficiency of genetically-engineered Rhizobium with high catalase activity

(2010) Yoshitake Orikasa et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

Engineered ACC deaminase-expressing free-living cells of Mesorhizobium loti show increased nodulation efficiency and competitiveness on Lotus spp.

(2010) Valeria P. Conforte et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Effect of Transgenic Rhizobacteria Overexpressing Citrobacter braakii appA on Phytate-P Availability to Mung Bean Plants

(2010) Kuldeep J. Patel   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Fungal lipochitooligosaccharide symbiotic signals in arbuscular mycorrhiza

(2010) Fabienne Maillet et al.   NATURE

Increasing nitrogenase catalytic efficiency for MgATP by changing serine 16 of its Fe protein to threonine: Use of Mn2+ to show interaction of serine 16 with Mg2+

(2010) Lance C. Seefeldt et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

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

Effects of indole-3-acetic acid on Sinorhizobium meliloti survival and on symbiotic nitrogen fixation and stem dry weight production

(2009) Esther Imperlini et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Effect of the expression of Escherichia coli fhuA gene in Rhizobium sp. IC3123 and ST1 in planta: Its role in increased nodule occupancy and function in pigeon pea

(2009) R. Geetha et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Medicago truncatula improves salt tolerance when nodulated by an indole-3-acetic acid-overproducing Sinorhizobium meliloti strain

(2009) C. Bianco et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Flavodoxin overexpression reduces cadmium-induced damage in alfalfa root nodules

(2009) Alla Shvaleva et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Elevating optimal human nutrition to a central goal of plant breeding and production of plant-based foods

(2009) David C. Sands et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Overproduction of the rhizobial adhesin RapA1 increases competitiveness for nodulation

(2009) Elías J. Mongiardini et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effect of expression of Bradyrhizobium japonicum 61A152 fegA gene in Mesorhizobium sp., on its competitive survival and nodule occupancy on Arachis hypogea

(2008) Falguni Joshi et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Introduction of a novel pathway for IAA biosynthesis to rhizobia alters vetch root nodule development

(2008) Serena Camerini et al.   ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY

Promotion of metal accumulation in nodule of Astragalus sinicus by the expression of the iron-regulated transporter gene in Mesorhizobium huakuii subsp. rengei B3

(2008) Akiko Ike et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

Improvement of Drought Tolerance and Grain Yield in Common Bean by Overexpressing Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthase in Rhizobia

(2008) Ramón Suárez et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Global inputs of biological nitrogen fixation in agricultural systems

(2008) David F. Herridge et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Overexpression of Flavodoxin in Bacteroids Induces Changes in Antioxidant Metabolism Leading to Delayed Senescence and Starch Accumulation in Alfalfa Root Nodules

(2008) F. J. Redondo et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Transformation of the Nitrogen Cycle: Recent Trends, Questions, and Potential Solutions

(2008) J. N. Galloway et al.   SCIENCE