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• Rhizobial magic

  Author:Sean AdamsFrom:Agricultural Research (Vol. 43, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 19951,312 words Article Farmers have discovered and scientists are researching the benefits of inducing the growth of nitrogen-fixing bacteria to renew the soil's nutrient content. One method farmers can use is to seed their fields with calcium...

• Plant growth promotion properties of bacterial strains isolated from the rhizosphere of the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) adapted to saline-alkaline soils and their effect on wheat growth

  Authors:Xiaolin Liu, Xiangyue Li, Yan Li, Runzhi Li, and Zhihong XieFrom:Canadian Journal of Microbiology (Vol. 63, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20176,352 words Report 1420LThe Jerusalem artichoke (JA; Helianthus tuberosus), known to be tolerant to saline-alkaline soil conditions, has been cultivated for many years in the Yellow River delta, Shandong Province coastal zone, in China. The...

• A Key Marine Diazotroph in a Changing Ocean: The Interacting Effects of Temperature, CO.sub.2 and Light on the Growth of Trichodesmium erythraeum IMS101

  Authors:Tobias G. Boatman, Tracy Lawson, and Richard J. GeiderFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 12, 20179,299 words Report 1560LTrichodesmium is a globally important marine diazotroph that accounts for approximately 60 - 80% of marine biological N.sub.2 fixation and as such plays a key role in marine N and C cycles. We undertook a comprehensive...

• The physiological cost of diazotrophy for Trichodesmium erythraeum IMS101

  Authors:Tobias G. Boatman, Phillip A. Davey, Tracy Lawson, and Richard J. GeiderFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 11, 201810,620 words Report 1600LTrichodesmium plays a significant role in the oligotrophic oceans, fixing nitrogen in an area corresponding to half of the Earth's surface, representing up to 50% of new production in some oligotrophic tropical and...

• Heterotrophic N.sub.2-fixation contributes to nitrogen economy of a common wetland sedge, Schoenoplectus californicus

  Authors:Eliska Rejmankova, Dagmara Sirova, Stephanie T. Castle, Jiri Barta, and Heather CarpenterFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 23, 20189,095 words Report 1480LA survey of the ecological variability within 52 populations of Schoenoplectus californicus (C.A. Mey.) Soják across its distributional range revealed that it is commonly found in nitrogen (N) limited areas, but...

• Metabolic profiling of two maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines inoculated with the nitrogen fixing plant-interacting bacteria Herbaspirillum seropedicae and Azospirillum brasilense

  Authors:Liziane Cristina Brusamarello-Santos, Francoise Gilard, Lenaig Brule, Isabelle Quillere, Benjamin Gourion, Pascal Ratet, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 31, 201710,313 words Report 1650LMaize roots can be colonized by free-living atmospheric nitrogen (N.sub.2 )-fixing bacteria (diazotrophs). However, the agronomic potential of non-symbiotic N.sub.2 -fixation in such an economically important species as...

• A proteomic atlas of the legume Medicago truncatula and its nitrogen-fixing endosymbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti

  Authors:Harald Marx, Catherine E Minogue, Dhileepkumar Jayaraman, Alicia L Richards, Nicholas W Kwiecien, Alireza F Siahpirani, et al.From:Nature Biotechnology (Vol. 34, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 201610,287 words Report 1470LLegumes are essential components of agricultural systems because they enrich the soil in nitrogen and require little environmentally deleterious fertilizers. A complex symbiotic association between legumes and...

• Diazotrophic bacteria from maize exhibit multifaceted plant growth promotion traits in multiple hosts

  Authors:Shawn M. Higdon, Tania Pozzo, Emily J. Tibbett, Colleen Chiu, Richard Jeannotte, Bart C. Weimer, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 14, 202013,541 words Report 1790LSierra Mixe maize is a geographically remote landrace variety grown on nitrogen-deficient fields in Oaxaca, Mexico that meets its nutritional requirements without synthetic fertilizer by associating with free-living...

• The role of plant growth promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) in sustainable agriculture

  Authors:Barmak Jafari Haghighi, Omid Alizadeh, and Alireza Hedayati FiroozabadiFrom:Advances in Environmental BiologyPeer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20113,462 words Article 1680LSustainable agriculture implies successful management of resources for agricultural to satisfy changing human needs while maintaining or enhancing the quality of the environment and conserving natural resources. Use of...

• Exploring the potential of Frankia

  Author:Erin E. DooleyFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 119, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 2011292 words Brief article 1640LFrankia are nitrogen-fixing bacteria that live symbiotically in the roots of actinorhizal plants. A new study shows these bacteria have the genetic capacity to produce products such as antibiotics, herbicides, and...

• Improvement of plant growth and seed yield in Jatropha curcas by a novel nitrogen-fixing root associated Enterobacter species

  Authors:Munusamy Madhaiyan, Ni Peng, Ngoh Si Te, Cheng Hsin I, Cai Lin, Fu Lin, et al.From:Biotechnology for Biofuels (Vol. 6, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 1, 20138,125 words Report 1420LBackground Jatropha curcas L. is an oil seed producing non-leguminous tropical shrub that has good potential to be a fuel plant that can be cultivated on marginal land. Due to the low nutrient content of the targeted...

• Use of N2-fixing bacteria azotobacter, azosprilium in optimizing of using nitrogen in sustainable wheat cropping

  Authors:Omid Alizadeh and Kourosh OrdookhaniFrom:Advances in Environmental BiologyPeer-Reviewed

  June 20111,509 words Report 1840Lsustainable agriculture is a produce system which heisted chemical fertilizers, pesticides and chemical plant regulator's, according to this system and in order to protection soil fertility, water and food safety the...

• A simple and efficient method for poly-3-hydroxybutyrate quantification in diazotrophic bacteria within 5 minutes using flow cytometry

  Authors:L.P.S. Alves, A.T. Almeida, L.M. Cruz, F.O. Pedrosa, E.M. de Souza, L.S. Chubatsu, et al.From:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research (Vol. 50, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20175,405 words Report 1470LThe conventional method for quantification of polyhydroxyalkanoates based on whole-cell methanolysis and gas chromatography (GC) is laborious and time-consuming. In this work, a method based on flow cytometry of Nile...

• Microbiology: A fight for scraps of ammonia

  Author:Marcel M. M. KuypersFrom:Nature (Vol. 549, Issue 7671) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 14, 20171,434 words Article 1490LAuthor(s): Marcel M. M. Kuypers (corresponding author) [1] The oxidation of ammonia to nitrite and of nitrite to nitrate, known as nitrification, is a central part of the nitrogen cycle, which is a fundamental...

• Introduction to the project VAHINE: VAriability of vertical and tropHIc transfer of diazotroph derived N in the south wEst Pacific

  Authors:S. Bonnet, T. Moutin, M. Rodier, J.M. Grisoni, F. Louis, E. Folcher, et al.From:Biogeosciences (Vol. 2016, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 18, 2016249 words Author abstract, Bri... At the global scale, N.sub.2 fixations provides the major external source of reactive nitrogen to the surface ocean, before atmospheric and riverine inputs, and sustains ~50 % of new primary production in oligotrophic...

• Genetic Diversity and Symbiotic Efficiency of Nodulating Rhizobia Isolated from Root Nodules of Faba Bean in One Field

  Authors:Lan Zou, Yuan Xue Chen, Petri Penttinen, Qin Lan, Ke Wang, Ming Liu, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 11, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 9, 20164,604 words Report 1360LThirty-one nodulating rhizobium strains were collected from root nodules of spring and winter type faba bean cultivars grown in micro ecoarea, i.e. the same field in Chengdu plain, China. The symbiotic efficiency and...

• Screening of Microorganisms from Homemade Biofertilizers to Promote Plant Growth

  Authors:Witawat Jangiam, Nattawut Sangthong, and Kornniti SoontrapiromsookFrom:American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture (Vol. 12, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20183,552 words Report 1440LExcessive usage of chemical fertilizers is on the rise, polluting the groundwater because of the synthetic Nitrogen (N) content in it. Experiments were conducted to determine the potential use of a microorganism from a...

• The Flora Compositions of Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria and the Differential Expression of nifH Gene in Pennisetum giganteum z.x.lin Roots.

  Authors:Biaosheng Lin, Jiamin Liu, Xue Zhang, Changren Weng, and Zhanxi LinFrom:BioMed Research International (Vol. 2021) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 24, 20216,745 words Report 1570LThe flora compositions of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in roots of Pennisetum giganteum z.x.lin at different growth stages and the expression and copy number of nitrogen-fixing gene nifH were studied by Illumina Miseq...

• Evidence for an inter-organismic heme biosynthetic pathway in symbiotic soybean root nodules

  Authors:Indu Sangwan and Mark R. O'BrianFrom:Science (Vol. 251, Issue 4998) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 8, 19911,670 words Article BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM IS THE bacterial endosymbiont of soybean (Glycine max) that functions as a nitrogen-fixing organelle within cells of a plant organ called a root nodule. It has been suggested that the heme...

• Isolation and identification of endophytic diazotrophs from lodgepole pine trees growing at unreclaimed gravel mining pits in central interior British Columbia, Canada

  Authors:Kiran Preet Padda, Akshit Puri, and Chris P. ChanwayFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 48, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20186,498 words Report 1530LUnreclaimed gravel mining pits located in the central interior of British Columbia have very limited soil nitrogen (N) levels due to gravelly textured soils with weak profile development, no organic forest floor, and...