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ReviewArchives of microbiology2023

What determines symbiotic nitrogen fixation efficiency in rhizobium: recent insights into Rhizobium leguminosarum.

Xiaofang Li, Zhangqun Li

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Review in Archives of microbiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Mobile gene clusters and coexpressed plant-rhizobium pathways drive partner quality variation in symbiosis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  12. Frontiers in microbiology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Xiaofang LiInstitute of Biopharmaceuticals, Taizhou University, 1139 Shifu Avenue, Taizhou, 318000, China. fangxliii@163.com.
Zhangqun LiSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Taizhou University, 1139 Shifu Avenue, Taizhou, 318000, China.

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province LQ20C010003Taizhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau 22nya12
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) by rhizobium, a Gram-negative soil bacterium, is an essential component in the nitrogen cycle and is a sustainable green way to maintain soil fertility without chemical energy consumption. SNF, which results from the processes of nodulation, rhizobial infection, bacteroid differentiation and nitrogen-fixing reaction, requires the expression of various genes from both symbionts with adaptation to the changing environment. To achieve successful nitrogen fixation, rhizobia and their hosts cooperate closely for precise regulation of symbiotic genes, metabolic processes and internal environment homeostasis. Many researches have progressed to reveal the ample information about regulatory aspects of SNF during recent decades, but the major bottlenecks regarding improvement of nitrogen-fixing efficiency has proven to be complex. In this mini-review, we summarize recent advances that have contributed to understanding the rhizobial regulatory aspects that determine SNF efficiency, focusing on the coordinated regulatory mechanism of symbiotic genes, oxygen, carbon metabolism, amino acid metabolism, combined nitrogen, non-coding RNAs and internal environment homeostasis. Unraveling regulatory determinants of SNF in the nitrogen-fixing protagonist rhizobium is expected to promote an improvement of nitrogen-fixing efficiency in crop production.

Indexed as

FabaceaeRhizobiumRhizobium leguminosarumGram-Negative BacteriaNitrogenNitrogen FixationRoot Nodules, PlantSoilSymbiosisNitrogenSoilIntracellular homeostasisMetabolismRegulationRhizobiumSymbiotic genesSymbiotic nitrogen fixation

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PMID37542687

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