Inoculation with Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571 enhances plant growth and salt tolerance of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) seedlings [PDF]
Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, 2023 Background Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is an important biofuel crop that may contribute to replacing petroleum fuels. However, slow seedling growth and soil salinization affect the growth and development of switchgrass.
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The FtcR-Like Protein ActR in Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571 Is Involved in Bacterial Motility and Symbiosis With the Host Plant [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Bacterial signal transduction pathways are important for a variety of adaptive responses to environment, such as two-component systems (TCSs). In this paper, we reported the characterization of a transcriptional regulator in Azorhizobium caulinodans ...
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The effect of Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571 and γ-aminobutyric acid on salt tolerance of Sesbania rostrata [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Salt stress seriously affects plant growth and crop yield, and has become an important factor that threatens the soil quality worldwide. In recent years, the cultivation of salt-tolerant plants such as Sesbania rostrata has a positive effect on improving
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Systematic Analysis of Lysine Acetylation Reveals Diverse Functions in Azorhizobium caulinodans Strain ORS571 [PDF]
Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 Protein acetylation can quickly modify the physiology of bacteria to respond to changes in environmental or nutritional conditions, but little information on these modifications is available in rhizobia.
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The infection and impact of Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571 on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Based on our previous study, cereal crop wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) could be infected by rhizobia Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571, and form para-nodules with the induction of 2.4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, a common plant growth regulator.
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Protein Residues and a Novel Motif Involved in the Cellular Localization of CheZ in Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571 [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Chemotaxis is essential for the competitiveness of motile bacteria in complex and harsh environments. The localization of chemotactic proteins in the cell is critical for coordinating a maximal response to chemotactic signals. One chemotaxis protein with
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FixJ family regulator AcfR of Azorhizobium caulinodans is involved in symbiosis with the host plant [PDF]
BMC Microbiology, 2021 Background A wide variety of bacterial adaptative responses to environmental conditions are mediated by signal transduction pathways. Two-component signal transduction systems are one of the predominant means used by bacteria to sense the signals of the ...
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Oxalic Acid From Sesbania rostrata Seed Exudates Mediates the Chemotactic Response of Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571 Using Multiple Strategies [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 Chemotaxis toward seed exudates is important in the establishment of microbe–plant associations. The objective of this work was to explore whether organic acids from the seed exudates of Sesbania rostrata play a role in recruiting Azorhizobium ...
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The Hypoxia-Associated Localization of Chemotaxis Protein CheZ in Azorhizorbium caulinodans [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Spatial organization of chemotactic proteins is important for cooperative response to external stimuli. However, factors affecting the localization dynamics of chemotaxis proteins are less studied.
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The genome of the versatile nitrogen fixer
BMC Genomics, 2008 Background Biological nitrogen fixation is a prokaryotic process that plays an essential role in the global nitrogen cycle. Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571 has the dual capacity to fix nitrogen both as free-living organism and in a symbiotic interaction ...
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