Rhizobia: from saprophytes to endosymbionts

• Published in: Nature reviews. Microbiology Vol. 16; no. 5; pp. 291 - 303
• Main Authors: Poole, Philip, Ramachandran, Vinoy, Terpolilli, Jason
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.05.2018; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/326/171/1818; 631/326/41/1969; 631/326/41/547; 631/449/2676/2678; Bacteroids; Chemotactic factors; Colonization; Ecological monitoring; Ecological studies; Endosymbionts; Fabaceae - microbiology; Genetic aspects; Genomes; Infectious Diseases; Legumes; Life Sciences; Medical Microbiology; Microbiology; Microbiota; Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms); Nitrogen Fixation - physiology; Nitrogen-fixing microorganisms; Parasitology; Physiological aspects; Plant communities; Plant Roots - microbiology; review-article; Rhizobium - physiology; Saprophytes; Symbiosis; Symbiosis - physiology; Virology

Key Points Root secretion and plant immunity are key factors in controlling the assembly of root-associated microbiotas of which rhizobia are key members Rhizobia exist in soil and compete with the general microbiota before infecting legumes, typically through root hairs, and forming N 2 -fixing bac...