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    Medicago root nodule microbiomes: insights into a complex ecosystem with potential candidates for plant growth promotion

    Studying the legume nodule microbiome is important for understanding the development and nutrition of the plants inhabited by the various microbes within and upon them. We analyzed the microbiomes of these und...

    Pilar Martínez-Hidalgo, Ethan A. Humm, David W. Still, Baochen Shi in Plant and Soil (2022)

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    Bioremediation of Soil Contaminated with Arsenic

    Human-industrial activity causes a remarkable increase in the arsenic (As) environmental concentrations, with a potential impact in plant and animal health, and may cause severe losses in biodiversity. This me...

    María del Carmen Molina in Microbes and Enzymes in Soil Health and Bi… (2019)

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    The rhizosphere microbiome of burned holm-oak: potential role of the genus Arthrobacter in the recovery of burned soils

    After a forest wildfire, the microbial communities have a transient alteration in their composition. The role of the soil microbial community in the recovery of an ecosystem following such an event remains poo...

    Antonio J. Fernández-González, Pilar Martínez-Hidalgo in Scientific Reports (2017)

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    The Legume Nodule Microbiome: A Source of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria

    Legume nodules harbour two types of bacteria, the rhizobia, responsible for their formation, and other endophytic bacteria whose role in the nodule is still poorly known. These bacteria constitute the nodule m...

    Encarna Velázquez, Lorena Carro, José David Flores-Félix in Probiotics and Plant Health (2017)

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    Recent Advances in the Active Biomolecules Involved in Rhizobia-Legume Symbiosis

    The mutualistic interactions between nodule-forming rhizobia and specific legume host plants involve a series of signalling molecules leading to the establishment of a strong and functional symbiosis between t...

    Esther Menéndez, Pilar Martínez-Hidalgo, Luis R. Silva in Microbes for Legume Improvement (2017)

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    Bacterial Probiotics: A Truly Green Revolution

    Throughout history, the evolution and progress of all human civilizations have been closely linked to the evolution and development of agriculture, since this is the basis of food production to sustain populat...

    Paula García-Fraile, Esther Menéndez, Lorena Celador-Lera in Probiotics and Plant Health (2017)

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    Interactions Between Micromonospora and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

    Micromonospora is a Gram-positive bacterium that can be isolated from nitrogen-fixing root nodules from healthy leguminous plants and promotes plant growth. Selected strains of Micromonospora isolated in...

    Pilar Martínez-Hidalgo in Biological Nitrogen Fixation and Beneficia… (2016)

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    Symbiovar loti genes are widely spread among Cicer canariense mesorhizobia, resulting in symbiotically effective strains

    Cicer canariense has been shown to be a promiscuous legume. The symbiotic characteristics of several C. canariense mesorhizobial genospecies harbouring similar symbiotic genes are stud...

    Pilar Martínez-Hidalgo, Juan Pérez-Yépez, Encarna Velázquez in Plant and Soil (2016)

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    Identification of Rhizobial Strains Nodulating Pisum Sativum in Northern Spain Soils by MALDI-TOF MS (Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry) Analysis

    In this work, we used MALDI-TOF MS for identification of strains nodulating Pisum sativum L. ( in soils from Valladolid, Salamanca and León where the 30 % of the total Spanish production of peas is located. The ...

    Eustoquio Martínez-Molina in Biological Nitrogen Fixation and Beneficia… (2016)

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    Correction: Corrigendum: Micromonospora from nitrogen fixing nodules of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). A new promising Plant Probiotic Bacteria

    Biotic interactions can improve agricultural productivity without costly and environmentally challenging inputs. Micromonospora strains have recently been reported as natural endophytes of legume nodules but thei...

    Pilar Martínez-Hidalgo, Purificación Galindo-Villardón in Scientific Reports (2015)

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    Micromonospora from nitrogen fixing nodules of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). A new promising Plant Probiotic Bacteria.

    Biotic interactions can improve agricultural productivity without costly and environmentally challenging inputs. Micromonospora strains have recently been reported as natural endophytes of legume nodules but thei...

    Pilar Martínez-Hidalgo, Purificación Galindo-Villardón in Scientific Reports (2014)