Preface to the Series. Preface. List of Contributors. Dedication.
1. Historical Perspective: From Bacterization to
Endophytes; C. Elmerich
1. The Nitrogen Cycle: Heritage from the 19th Century
2. Nutritional Interactions between Bacteria and Plants
3. Associative Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria
4. Discovery of Nitrogen-fixing Endophytes
5. Cyanobacterial Associations
6. Concluding Remarks
Acknowledgement
References
2. Molecular Phylogeny and Ecology of Root-Associated
Diazotrophic a- and ß-Protobacteria; M. Schmid and A.
Hartmann
1. Introduction
2. Tools for Molecular Phylogeny and in situ Localizationof
Bacterial Isolates and Communities
3. Molecular Phylogeny and Ecology of Azospirillum and Other
Nitrogen-fixing a-Subclass Protobacteria
4. Molecular Phylogeny and Ecology of Herbaspirillum, Diazotrophic
Burkholderia spp., and Other Nitrogen-fixing ß-Protobacteria
5. Conclusions and Prospects for Future Studies
Acknowledgements
References
3. Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation and Ammonium
Assimilation in Associative and Endophytic Nitrogen-fixing
Bacteria; F. O. Pedrosa and C. Elmerich
1. Introduction
2. Rhizospheric and Endophytic Bacteria: General Features
3. Structural Organization of nif Genes
4. Identification of RpoN and Its Involvement in Nitrogen
Fixation
5. Thr Ntr System and Control of Nitrogen Metabolism and Nitrogen
Fixation
6. Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation
7. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
4. Chemotaxis in Soil Diazotrophs: Survival and Adaptive
Response; G. Alexandre and I. B. Zhulin
1. Introduction
2. Gene-Expression Regulation and Chemotaxis as Adaptive Responses
to Environmental changes
3. Molecular Mechanism of the Chemotactic Response: Learning from
Escherichia coli
4. Directed Motility in Soil Diazotrophs
5.Future Studies
References
5. Molecular Genetics of Rhizosphere and Plant-Root
Colonization; E. Vanbleu and J. Vanderleyden
1. Introduction
2. Motility of Associative Diazotrophs
3. Attachment to Plant Roots
4. Rhizosphere Competence
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgement
References
6. Microbial Production of Plant Hormones; B.
E. Baca and C. Elmerich
1. Discovery of Phytohormones
2. Production and Role of Phytohormones
3. Pathways for Plant Hormone Biosynthesis: Common Routes in
Plants, Bacteria and Fungi
4. Major Routes for IAA synthesis in Pathogenic and Beneficial
Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria Associated with Plants
5. Multiple Routes for IAA Synthesis in Azospirillum
6. Other Phytohormones Produced by Plant Pathogenic and
Nitrogen-fixing Associated and Endophytic Bacteria
7. Plant Growth Promotion (PGP): Role of Bacterial Phytohormone
Production, ACC-Deaminase, and the Use of Synthetic Auxins
8. Concluding Remarks
Acknowledgement
References
7. The Plant Growth-Promoting Effect and Plant
Responses; S. Dobbelaere and Y. Okon
1. N2 Fixation vs. "Hormonal" Effects: Historical Perspectives
2. Effects of Azospirillum and Other Diazotrophs on Root
Morphology
3. Effects on Root Function
4. Effects on Plant Growth
5. Future Studies
References
8. Biocontrol of Plant Diseases by Associative and
Endophytic Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria; R. Bally and C.
Elmerich
1. Beneficial Plant-Associated Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria and
Biocontrol of Plant Disease
2. Interactions within Microbial Communities: Competition
3. Biological Control against Soil-Borne Diseases
4. Regulation of Biocontrol Properties and Cell-Cell
5. Plant Response to Pathogens and Biological Control in the
Rhizosphere
6. Concluding Remarks
Acknowledgements
References
9. Endophytic Associations of Azoarcus spp; B.
Reinhold-Hurek and T. Hurek
1. Introduction
2. The Rise of Interest in Diazotrophic Endophytes
3. Azoarcus spp. and related Genera: Strictly Plant-Associated vs.
Soil Bacteria
4. Habitats and Ecophysiology
5. Interactions with Fungi
6. Infection of Roots by Endophytic Diazotrophs: An Active Specific
Process?
7. Concluding Remarks
References
10. Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Sugarcane;
V. Reis, S. Lee and C. Kennedy
1. Short History of the Sugarcane-Cropping System
2. Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria Colonizing Sugarcane: New Phylogenetic
Data, Properties, and Endophytic Status
3. Contribution of BNF to the Sugarcane Crop
4. Effect of N Fertilization on BNF
5. Genes for Nitrogen Fixation and Their Regulation in G.
diazotrophicus and H. seropedicae
6. Is Indole Acetic Acid Production an Important Factor in the
Ability of G. diazotrophicus to Enhance Growth of Sugarcane?
7. Concluding Remarks
Acknowledgements
References
11. Heterocyst Differentiation and Nitrogen Fixation in
Cyanobacteria; R. Haselkorn
1. Early History of the Association of Nitrogen Fixation with
Heterocysts
2. Cyanobacterial Nitrogenase and nif-Genes Organization
3. Pathway of N Assimilation
4. Carbon Metabolism in Heterocysts
5. Genetic Tools for Studying Cyanobacterial Nitrogen Fixation
6. Regulatory Genes Required for Heterocyst Differentiation
7. Prospects
Acknowledgement
References
12. Cyanobacterial Associations; B. Bergman, A.
N. Rai and U. Rasmussen
1. Introduction
2. Historical Aspects and Landmarks
3. Symbioses with Diatoms (Algae)
4. Symbioses with Fungi
5. Symbioses with Bryophytes
6. Symbioses with Pteridophytes
7. Symbioses with Cycads
8. Symbiosis with Gunnera
9. Creation of New Symbioses and Prospects
Acknowledgements
References
13. Prospects for Significant Nitrogen Fixation in
Grasses from Bacterial Endophytes; E. W. Triplett
1. Ultimate Objective of Nitrogen-fixation Research – Nitrogen
Fixation in Maize, Wheat and Rice
2. Understanding the Basic Biology of Endophytic Colonization:
Using K. pneumoniae 342 as the Model Diazotrophic Endophyute
3. Attributes Needed for a Model Diazotrophic Endophyte
4. Future Work Needed to Replace Nitrogen Fertilizer with
Diazotrophic Endophytes
References
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