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Rhizobium hidalgonense and Rhizobium redzepovicii as faba bean (Vicia faba L.) microsymbionts in Mexican soils
As a legume crop widely cultured in the world, faba bean (Vicia faba L.) forms root nodules with diverse Rhizobium species in different regions. However, the symbionts associated with this plant in Mexico have n...
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Open AccessPhylogenomic analyses and reclassification of the Mesorhizobium complex: proposal for 9 novel genera and reclassification of 15 species
The genus Mesorhizobium is shown by phylogenomics to be paraphyletic and forms part of a complex that includes the genera Aminobacter, Aquamicrobium, Pseudaminobacter and Tianweitania. The relationships for type ...
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Metallophores production by bacteria isolated from heavy metal-contaminated soil and sediment at Lerma–Chapala Basin
Environmental pollution as a result of heavy metals (HMs) is a worldwide problem and the implementation of eco-friendly remediation technologies is thus required. Metallophores, low molecular weight compounds,...
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Open AccessAccumulation of beneficial bacteria in the rhizosphere of maize (Zea mays L.) grown in a saline soil in responding to a consortium of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria
Salt stress reduces plant growth and is now becoming one of the most important factors restricting the agricultural productivity. Inoculation of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) has been shown to co...
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Heavy-metal resistance mechanisms developed by bacteria from Lerma–Chapala basin
Heavy-metal (HM) contamination is a huge environmental problem in many countries including Mexico. Currently, microorganisms with multiple heavy-metal resistance and/or plant-promoting characteristics have bee...
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Paenibacillus glycinis sp. nov., an Endophytic Bacterium Isolated from the Nodules of Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr)
A Gram-negative-staining, endospore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium, designated T1T, was isolated from root nodules of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr) in Heilongjiang Province of China. The isolate was identified a...
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Mesorhizobium rhizophilum sp. nov., a 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase producing bacterium isolated from rhizosphere of maize in Northeast China
A novel 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase producing bacterium, Gram- stain-negative, aerobic, motile, rod-shaped strain designated YM1C-6-2T was isolated from rhizosphere of maize grown in Northeast Chi...
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Diverse Genomic Backgrounds Vs. Highly Conserved Symbiotic Genes in Sesbania-Nodulating Bacteria: Sha** of the Rhizobial Community by Host and Soil Properties
Aiming at investigating the overall diversity, biogeography, and symbiosis gene evolutionary history of the Sesbania cannabina-nodulating rhizobia in China, a total of 874 rhizobial isolates originating from the ...
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An endophytic Kocuria palustris strain harboring multiple arsenate reductase genes
Aiming at revealing the arsenic (As) resistance of the endophytic Kocuria strains isolated from roots and stems of Sphaeralcea angustifolia grown at mine tailing, four strains belonging to different clades of Koc...
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History of Rhizobial Taxonomy
Biological diversity or biodiversity refers to the wide variety of living things on Earth, including the diversity of ecosystems, diversity of species and diversity of genes. Although studies of biodiversity h...
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Working on the Taxonomy, Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution of Rhizobia
Through the world, about 770 genera covering more than 19,500 species have been recognised in the family Leguminosae or Fabaceae, distributed in diverse habitats (LPWG 2017). Traditionally, the legumes were di...
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Symbiosis Between Rhizobia and Legumes
The term of rhizobia, or root nodule bacteria, is the common collective name for diverse symbiotic nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria that can induce root and/or stem nodules on the legume plants. Although this com...
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Current Systematics of Rhizobia
In the investigation of rhizobia, research on diversity forms a basis for studies of other kinds, since diversity studies offer characterised strains that serve as resource for further studies of taxonomy, gen...
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Symbiosis Genes: Organisation and Diversity
With only specific exceptions, almost all the symbiotic rhizobia have a set of symbiosis genes that include nodulation- and N2-fixing-related genes. Organisation of the symbiosis genes and their roles in the synt...
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Mechanism of arsenic resistance in endophytic bacteria isolated from endemic plant of mine tailings and their arsenophore production
Arsenic contamination is an important environmental problem around the world since its high toxicity, and bacteria resist to this element serve as valuable resource for its bioremediation. Aiming at searching ...
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Dynamic succession of chickpea rhizobia over years and sampling sites in **njiang, China
To investigate the succession of chickpea rhizobia over years and sampling sites.
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Variation in the Gut Microbiota of Termites (Tsaitermes ampliceps) Against Different Diets
Termites are well recognized for their thriving on recalcitrant lignocellulosic diets through nutritional symbioses with gut-dwelling microbiota; however, the effects of diet changes on termite gut microbiota ...
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Rhizobium hidalgonense sp. nov., a nodule endophytic bacterium of Phaseolus vulgaris in acid soil
One Gram-negative, aerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacterium, designated as FH14T, was isolated from nodules of Phaseolus vulgaris grown in Hidalgo State of Mexico. Results based upon 16S rRNA gene (≥99.8 % similarit...
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Cultivable endophytic bacteria from heavy metal(loid)-tolerant plants
To evaluate the interactions among endophytes, plants and heavy metal/arsenic contamination, root endophytic bacteria of Prosopis laevigata (Humb and Bonpl. ex Willd) and Sphaeralcea angustifolia grown in a heavy...
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Syntrophic Interactions Within a Butane-Oxidizing Bacterial Consortium Isolated from Puguang Gas Field in China
Butane oxidation by the hydrocarbon degradation bacteria has long been described, but little is known about the microbial interaction in this process. To investigate this interaction, the efficiency of butane ...
