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    Soil microbial diversity plays an important role in resisting and restoring degraded ecosystems

    Land degradation and climate change pose serious threats to global biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services. The key role of plant diversity in resisting the negative impacts of disturbances and resto...

    Alexandre Pedrinho, Lucas William Mendes in Plant and Soil (2024)

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    Domestication of Lima Bean (Phaseolus lunatus) Changes the Microbial Communities in the Rhizosphere

    Plants modulate the soil microbiota and select a specific microbial community in the rhizosphere. However, plant domestication reduces genetic diversity, changes plant physiology, and could have an impact on t...

    Josieli Lima da Silva, Lucas William Mendes, Sandra Mara Barbosa Rocha in Microbial Ecology (2023)

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    Environmental DNA Sequencing to Monitor Restoration Practices on Soil Bacterial and Archaeal Communities in Soils Under Desertification in the Brazilian Semiarid

    Soils from Brazilian semiarid regions are highly vulnerable to desertification due to their geology, climate, human actions, and intensive land use that contribute to desertification. Therefore, areas under d...

    Ademir Sergio Ferreira Araujo, Arthur Prudêncio de Araujo Pereira in Microbial Ecology (2023)

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    Genomic population structure of Parkia platycephala Benth. (Leguminosae) from Northeastern Brazil

    Parkia platycephala Benth. is a native species with high nutritional and ecological potential that is used in forest recovery and restoration. However, studies on the diversity and population genetic structure of...

    João Gabriel Silva Morais, Marcones Ferreira Costa in Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (2023)

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    Tolerance and reduction of chromium by bacterial strains

    Bacteria have potential to tolerate and reduce metals. This study evaluated the potential of selected bacterial strains in tolerating and reducing chromium (Cr). Six bacterial strains (Rhizobium miluonense LCC01,...

    Sandra Mara Barbosa Rocha, Marineide Rodrigues do Amorim in Archives of Microbiology (2022)

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    Enzymatic Stoichiometry in Soils from Physiognomies of Brazilian Cerrado

    The enzymatic stoichiometry allows assessing microbial C, N, and P acquisition, being used to indicate a nutrient limitation in soils. This study evaluated the enzymatic stoichiometry in soils from different p...

    Ademir Sergio Ferreira Araujo in Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (2022)

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    Plant growth-promoting bacteria improve growth and nitrogen metabolism in maize and sorghum

    Plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) present potential to be used in agriculture supporting plant growth and improving physiological responses even in N-fertilized soils. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate P...

    João Pedro Alves Aquino in Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiol… (2021)

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    Bacillus subtilis can modulate the growth and root architecture in soybean through volatile organic compounds

    Bacillus subtilis colonizes rhizosphere of plants and releases some volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that can modulate the growth and root architecture in several plants. However, the influence of VOCs on growth...

    Lorrayne Guimarães Bavaresco in Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiol… (2020)

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    Polyphasic characterization of nitrogen-fixing and co-resident bacteria in nodules of Phaseolus lunatus inoculated with soils from Piauí State, Northeast Brazil

    Phaseolus lunatus (Lima bean) is an important legume for the poor population of the Brazilian northeast region. The legume is able to take advantage of the nitrogen fixation process, but the diversity of indigeno...

    Amaral Machaculeha Chibeba, Claudiana Silva Pereira in Symbiosis (2020)

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    Rhizobial Diversity for Tropical Pulses and Forage and Tree Legumes in Brazil

    The current information on Brazilian rhizobial diversity, concentrating especially on the microbial symbionts of tropical pulses, forage legumes, and legume trees, some of which are native to Brazil or of whic...

    Mario Andrade Lira Junior in Microbes for Legume Improvement (2017)

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    Soil bacterial diversity in degraded and restored lands of Northeast Brazil

    Land degradation deteriorates biological productivity and affects environmental, social, and economic sustainability, particularly so in the semi-arid region of Northeast Brazil. Although some studies exist re...

    Ademir Sérgio Ferreira Araújo, Clovis Daniel Borges in Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (2014)

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    Microbiological process in agroforestry systems. A review

    Soils around the world are degraded due to inappropriate management practices. There is thus the necessity to find more conservationist agricultural systems. Agroforestry system is an alternative system that h...

    Ademir Sérgio Ferreira Araujo in Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2012)

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    Genetic diversity among native isolates of rhizobia from Phaseolus lunatus

    The genetic diversity among native nodular rhizobia of Lima bean in soil from Piauí State, Brazil, was characterized and evaluated. The genotype UFPI-491 was used as a trap plant for rhizobia, with soil sample...

    Jardel Oliveira Santos, Jadson Emanuel Lopes Antunes in Annals of Microbiology (2011)