{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12"],"submitter":["Castellani LG"],"pubmed_abstract":["One of the greatest inputs of available nitrogen into the biosphere occurs through the biological N<sub>2</sub>-fixation to ammonium as result of the symbiosis between rhizobia and leguminous plants. These interactions allow increased crop yields on nitrogen-poor soils. Exopolysaccharides (EPS) are key components for the establishment of an effective symbiosis between alfalfa and <i>Ensifer meliloti</i>, as bacteria that lack EPS are unable to infect the host plants. <i>Rhizobium favelukesii</i> LPU83 is an acid-tolerant rhizobia strain capable of nodulating alfalfa but inefficient to fix nitrogen. Aiming to identify the molecular determinants that allow <i>R. favelukesii</i> to infect plants, we studied its EPS biosynthesis. LPU83 produces an EPS I identical to the one present in <i>E. me"],"journal":["Frontiers in plant science"],"pagination":["642576"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7902896"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Exopolysaccharide Characterization of <i>Rhizobium favelukesii</i> LPU83 and Its Role in the Symbiosis With Alfalfa."],"pmcid":["PMC7902896"],"pubmed_authors":["Luchetti A","Pistorio M","Lagares A","Perez-Gimenez J","Wegener C","Torres Tejerizo GA","Nilsson JF","Castellani LG","Puhler A","Schluter A","Brom S","Niehaus K"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Exopolysaccharide Characterization of <i>Rhizobium favelukesii</i> LPU83 and Its Role in the Symbiosis With Alfalfa.","description":"One of the greatest inputs of available nitrogen into the biosphere occurs through the biological N<sub>2</sub>-fixation to ammonium as result of the symbiosis between rhizobia and leguminous plants. These interactions allow increased crop yields on nitrogen-poor soils. Exopolysaccharides (EPS) are key components for the establishment of an effective symbiosis between alfalfa and <i>Ensifer meliloti</i>, as bacteria that lack EPS are unable to infect the host plants. <i>Rhizobium favelukesii</i> LPU83 is an acid-tolerant rhizobia strain capable of nodulating alfalfa but inefficient to fix nitrogen. Aiming to identify the molecular determinants that allow <i>R. favelukesii</i> to infect plants, we studied its EPS biosynthesis. LPU83 produces an EPS I identical to the one present in <i>E. me","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021","modification":"2026-05-03T01:33:18.915Z","creation":"2021-02-27T08:14:01Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7902896","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33643369"],"doi":["10.3389/fpls.2021.642576"]}}