Rhizobial extracellular signaling molecules and their functions in symbiotic interactions with legumes.

GIORDANO, W.

Quorum sensing vs quorum quenching: a battle with no end in sight. V.C. Kalia (ed.).

Springer

Lugar: New Delhi Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London; Año: 2015; p. 123 - 132

Rhizobia (symbiotic nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria) and their legume host plants communicate with each other via signaling molecules such as flavonoids and Nod factors. In addition, rhizobia use separate quorum sensing systems to communicate among themselves. These systems in rhizobia have been implicated as regulators of plasmid transfer, nodulation efficiency, nitrogen fixation, polysaccharide production and degradation, swarming motility, stress adaptation, and biofilm formation.