The rhizosphere supports the development and activity of a huge and diversified microbial
community, including microorganisms capable to promote plant growth. Among the latter, …

Legume plants have an exceptional capacity for association with microorganisms, ranging
from largely nonspecific to very specific interactions. Legume-rhizobial symbiosis results in …

Hemoglobins are ubiquitous in nature and among the best-characterized proteins [1–9].
Genetics has revealed crucial roles for human hemoglobins [10], but similar data are lacking for …

Research on legume nodule metabolism has contributed greatly to our knowledge of primary
carbon and nitrogen metabolism in plants in general, and in symbiotic nitrogen fixation in …

… Transformants were selected for Trp prototrophy on yeast nitrogen base medium containing
20 g/L glucose and required amino acids. As controls, empty p112A1NE vector was …

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) in legume root nodules requires differentiation and integration
of both plant and bacterial metabolism. Classical approaches of biochemistry, molecular …

… (g) Addition of 60 nm IAA rescues gravitropism and root hair growth in 6 DAG trh1 mutants.
(… After harvesting by centrifugation at 1258 g for 5 min, cells were re-suspended in the buffer …

1-Amino cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid deaminase (AcdS) is an enzyme that degrades the
precursor of plant hormone ethylene. AcdS activity has been identified in many soil bacteria. …

… Culture of bacterial cells was pelleted by centrifugation (3,200g, 15 min, 20C), washed twice
… in ethylene production in Arabidopsis seedlings (Desbrosses, unpublished data), and an …

… Culture of bacterial cells was pelleted by centrifugation (3200×g, 20 min, 20C), washed
twice and resuspended in sterile liquid plant medium. To obtain 10 10 colony forming unit (cfu) …