Scientists have discovered a remarkable new form of symbiosis — a bacterium that lives inside a single-celled organism (a ...

Legumes thrive in low-nitrogen environments by partnering ... Cytokinin, a key regulator in root nodule symbiosis, maintains this oscillatory gene expression. Genes related to cytokinin ...

Nitrogen is one of the primary nutrients critical for the survival of all living organisms. Although nitrogen is very abundant in the atmosphere, it is largely inaccessible in this form to most ...

Central to this discovery is the role of a plant gene in calcium signaling pathways ... Medicago truncatula significantly boosted symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizal ...

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 ...

Both symbiosis and horizontal gene transfer have strongly influenced the evolution of insects," says Roy Kirsch. The analyses also revealed that the vast majority of the beetle species use either ...

While most vegetation types must extract most of their nutrients from fertile soil, mesquites and similar plants receive additional nitrogen from symbiotic bacteria, which enzymatically fix ...

If corn was ever jealous of soybean's relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, advancements in gene editing could one day even the playing field. A recent study shows that gene-edited bacteria ...

This nitrogen is used to optimize photosynthesis rates allowing autumn olive to grow significantly faster than native shrubs. Autumn olive engages in a symbiotic relationship with Frankia bacteria in ...

Both symbiosis and horizontal gene transfer have strongly influenced the evolution of insects," says Roy Kirsch. The analyses also revealed that the vast majority of the beetle species use either ...

Gene-edited soil bacteria can supply corn with up to 35 pounds of nitrogen per acre from the atmosphere during early growth, potentially reducing reliance on synthetic fertilizers.