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A Stringent-Response-Defective Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens Strain Does Not Activate the Type 3 Secretion System, Elicits an Early Plant Defense Response, and Circumvents NH4NO3-Induced Inhibition of Nodulation.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 13 Apr 2021
Pérez-Giménez Julieta, Iturralde Esteban T, Torres Tejerizo Gonzalo, Quelas Juan Ignacio, Krol Elizaveta, Borassi Cecilia, Becker Anke, Estevez José M, Lodeiro Aníbal R
Abstract excerpt
When subjected to nutritional stress, bacteria modify their amino acid metabolism and cell division activities by means of the stringent response, which is controlled by the Rsh protein in alphaproteobacteria. An important group of alphaproteobacteria are the rhizobia, which fix atmospheric N2 in symbiosis with legume plants. Although nutritional stress is common for rhizobia while infecting legume roots, the...
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