Plants with root nodules, for example, secrete compounds such as flavonoids when nitrates are scarce in the soil, helping to activate signaling pathways in nitrogen-fixing bacteria that then ...

This is surprising because symbiotic relationships among plant and bacterial species ... program are to characterize the phylogenetic relationships among the Frankia bacteria responsible for nitrogen ...

This alliance is an example of mutualism, a form of symbiosis, an intimate relationship between different organisms whose survival depends on one another. Other examples include bacteria that ...

Through repeated horizontal gene transfer and symbiotic relationships with bacteria, these insects have overcome significant ...

These beneficial bacteria are housed in root nodules formed ... Other genes essential for early responses during nodule symbiosis also displayed oscillatory expression patterns, marking the ...

It turns out that fungi release some of the carbon they take up back into the soil to recruit bacteria, which then break down the organic matter and release nutrients into the soil, which in turn ...

“The symbiosis started in ancient times, probably when the habitat was different, and now these bacteria are no longer present in the surrounding sediments of the animals,” said Corinaldesi. To ...

They thrive on the abundant biopolymer lignocellulose, depending upon a phy-logenetically diverse community of hindgut microbes including Bacteria, Archaea, and unicellular amitochondriate Eukarya for ...

ORNL scientists investigate microbial relationships in poplar tree roots to enhance bioenergy crop resilience and ...