Sinorhizobium meliloti Functions Required for Resistance to Antimicrobial NCR Peptides and Bacteroid Differentiation
Quentin Nicoud, Quentin Barrière, Nicolas Busset, Sara Dendene, Dmitrii Y. Travin, Mickaël Bourge, Romain Le Bars, Claire Boulogne, Marie Lecroël, Sándor Jenei, Atilla Kereszt, Éva Kondorosi, Emanuele G. Biondi, Tatiana Timchenko, Benoît Alunni, Peter Mergaert
Abstract
The nitrogen-fixing symbiosis of legumes with rhizobium bacteria has a predominant ecological role in the nitrogen cycle and has the potential to provide the nitrogen required for plant growth in agriculture. The host plants allow the rhizobia to colonize specific symbiotic organs, the nodules, in large numbers in order to produce sufficient reduced nitrogen for the plants’ needs.
Topics & Concepts
Sinorhizobium melilotiMicrobiologyAntimicrobial peptidesAntimicrobialBiologyChemistryCell biologyBacteriaGeneticsSymbiosisLegume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisPlant Pathogenic Bacteria StudiesPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity