Azorhizobium caulinodans explained

Azorhizobium caulinodans is a species of bacteria that forms a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with plants of the genus Sesbania.^[1] The symbiotic relationship between Sesbania rostrata and A. caulinodans lead to nitrogen fixing nodules in S. rostrata. Bacterial chemotaxis plays an important role in establishing this symbiotic relationship.^[2]

Azorhizobium caulinodans is a genome and it contains chemotaxis gene clusters that are unique. It has five chemotaxis genes which are: cheW(1), cheW, cheA, cheR, and cheB. Azorhizobium caulinodans controls the movements of flagella, and the chemotaxis signaling path in Azorhizobium caulinodans helps with regulating biofilm formation.^[3]

External links

• Type strain of Azorhizobium caulinodans at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Lee KB, De Backer P, Aono T . The genome of the versatile nitrogen fixer Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571 . BMC Genomics . 9. 271 . 2008 . 18522759 . 2443382 . 10.1186/1471-2164-9-271 . etal . free .
2. Liu W, Yang J, Sun Y, et al. Azorhizobium caulinodans Transmembrane Chemoreceptor TlpA1 Involved in Host Colonization and Nodulation on Roots and Stems. Front. Microbiol. 2017;8:1327. Published 2017 Jul 13. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.01327
3. Liu, W., Sun, Y., Shen, R., Dang, X. X., Xiaolin, L., Lu, S., & Yan, L. (2018AD). A Chemotaxis-Like Pathway of Azorhizobium caulinodans Controls Flagella-Driven Motility, Which Regulates Biofilm Formation, Exopolysaccharide Biosynthesis, and Competitive Nodulation. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS, 31(7), 737–749. Retrieved from http://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=WOS&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=21&SID=7ElWz9SlSydwMGOZVTC&page=1&doc=8