ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2007
How rhizobial symbionts invade plants: the Sinorhizobium-Medicago model.
Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 330 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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330 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 918 citations in OpenAlex.
- Implications of carbon catabolite repression for plant-microbe interactions.Plant communications · 2022Pooled it
- From Rhizosphere to Resistance: Microbe-Plant Interactions in Eco-Smart Biocontrol.MicrobiologyOpen · 2026Review
- Function, Structure, and Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation-like Metalloproteins for Nitrogen, Energy, Carbon, and Sulfur Metabolism.Chemical reviews · 2026Review
- A UG5 reverse transcriptase-nitrilase antiviral module confers phage immunity in the plant symbiontMicrobiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Breeding for beneficial microbial associations.Nature communications · 2026Review
- ESN3, a nodule-specific small peptide essential for symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Medicago truncatula.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- Enrichment of Hydrogen-Oxidizing Bacteria Using a Hybrid Biological-Inorganic System Under a High COMicroorganisms · 2026Article
- Comparative genomic analysis ofApplied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- From Molecules to Metabolomes, Understanding Symbiosis through Small Molecules.Journal of natural products · 2026Review
- CHASE-independent cytokinin perception triggers 3',5'-cAMP signaling inJournal of bacteriology · 2026Article
- Small but big player: the important role of microRNAs in legume crops.Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG · 2026Review
- Genomic and Phenotypic Bases of Salt Tolerance in Sinorhizobium meliloti: Candidate Traits for Bioinoculant Development Addressing Saline Soils.Microbial biotechnology · 2026Article
- Spatiotemporal dynamics of rhizosphere microbial communities in alfalfa across saline-alkali agro-ecosystems.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
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- A Review of the Regulatory Role of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria in Alfalfa Under Stress Conditions.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- A systems-level insight into PHB-driven metabolic adaptation orchestrated by the PHB-binding transcriptional regulator AniA (PhaR).mSystems · 2025Article
- The activity of soil microbial taxa in the rhizosphere predicts the success of root colonization.mSystems · 2025Article
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Abstract
Nitrogen-fixing rhizobial bacteria and leguminous plants have evolved complex signal exchange mechanisms that allow a specific bacterial species to induce its host plant to form invasion structures through which the bacteria can enter the plant root. Once the bacteria have been endocytosed within a host-membrane-bound compartment by root cells, the bacteria differentiate into a new form that can convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia. Bacterial differentiation and nitrogen fixation are dependent on the microaerobic environment and other support factors provided by the plant. In return, the plant receives nitrogen from the bacteria, which allows it to grow in the absence of an external nitrogen source. Here, we review recent discoveries about the mutual recognition process that allows the model rhizobial symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti to invade and differentiate inside its host plant alfalfa (Medicago sativa) and the model host plant barrel medic (Medicago truncatula).
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