Dicarboxylate transport by rhizobia

• Published in: FEMS microbiology reviews Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 489 - 501
• Main Authors: Yurgel, Svetlana N., Kahn, Michael L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Elsevier B.V 01.10.2004; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Blackwell; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Adaptation, Physiological; Amino Acid Sequence; Ammonia; Bacteria; Bacterial Proteins - metabolism; Bacteriology; Biological and medical sciences; Biological Transport; Carbon sources; DctA; DctA protein; Dicarboxylate transport; Dicarboxylic Acid Transporters - genetics; Dicarboxylic Acid Transporters - metabolism; dicarboxylic acids; Dicarboxylic Acids - metabolism; Ecological niches; free-living rhizobia; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; Glutamate transporter; Glutamates - metabolism; Glutamic acid transporter; Ion channels; Kinases; Legumes; microbial physiology; Microbiology; Miscellaneous; Molecular Sequence Data; Mutagenesis; Niches; Nitrogen fixation; nitrogen-fixing bacteria; physiological transport; Proteins; Rhizobiaceae; Rhizobium; Rhizobium - metabolism; Soil bacteria; Soil microorganisms; Specialization; Subgroups; Substrates; symbionts; Symbiosis; Transcription Factors - metabolism; Transport; Dicarboxylate transport; Rhizobium; DctA; Glutamate transporter; Symbiosis; Ionic channel; Symbiont; Soils; Mutagenesis; Ecological niche; Nitrogen fixation; Bacteria; Dicarboxylic acid; Models; Rhizobiaceae; Carrier protein; Recognition
• ISSN: 0168-6445; 1574-6976; 1574-6976
• DOI: 10.1016/j.femsre.2004.04.002

Soil bacteria collectively known as rhizobia are able to convert atmospheric dinitrogen to ammonia while participating in a symbiotic association with legume plants. This capability has made the bacteria an attractive research subject at many levels of investigation, especially since physiological a...