Bacterial Molecular Signals in the Sinorhizobium fredii-Soybean Symbiosis
Francisco J López-Baena1, José E Ruiz-Sainz2, Miguel A Rodríguez-Carvajal3
1Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida de Reina Mercedes, 6, 41012 Sevilla, Spain. jlopez@us.es.
Abstract:
Sinorhizobium (Ensifer) fredii (S. fredii) is a rhizobial species exhibiting a remarkably broad nodulation host-range. Thus, S. fredii is able to effectively nodulate dozens of different legumes, including plants forming determinate nodules, such as the important crops soybean and cowpea, and plants forming indeterminate nodules, such as Glycyrrhiza uralensis and pigeon-pea. This capacity of adaptation to different symbioses makes the study of the molecular signals produced by S. fredii strains of increasing interest since it allows the analysis of their symbiotic role in different types of nodule. In this review, we analyze in depth different S. fredii molecules that act as signals in symbiosis, including nodulation factors, different surface polysaccharides (exopolysaccharides, lipopolysaccharides, cyclic glucans, and K-antigen capsular polysaccharides), and effectors delivered to the interior of the host cells through a symbiotic type 3 secretion system.
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