Soybeans fix nitrogen, everyone knows that, but did you know soil bacteria are key partners in the process? Rhizobia, the soil bacteria in question, form a symbiotic relationship with the soybeans ...

These bacteria convert or ‘fix’ nitrogen into ammonia. How these rhizobia bacteria-hosting nodules formed wasn’t well understood. But, in an important paper published in 2021 1, Wang and his ...

Legumes initiate the symbiotic relationship between bacteria and plant by emitting flavonoid compounds that are recognized by the bacteria. Rhizobia then produce Nod factors, oligosaccharides that ...

The plant rhizosphere -microbe relationships that have received the most attention include those of Rhizobia bacteria and their symbiotic plant partners, mychorrhizal fungi associations ...

Previous research has demonstrated that autumn olive is capable of high nitrogen fixation rates. This is surprising because symbiotic relationships among plant and bacterial species are often quite ...

When rhizobia infect legume roots, root epidermal cells form infection threads, membranous tube-like structures guiding the bacteria to the inner root tissue where they can fix nitrogen. Rhizobial ...

Soil microbes known as rhizobia supply much-needed nitrogen to legumes such as clover (Trifolium species). In return, legumes shelter the rhizobia in nodules on their roots and provide them with ...