Autumn olive engages in a symbiotic relationship with Frankia bacteria in root nodules, the location where nitrogen fixation occurs. Previous research has demonstrated that autumn olive is capable of ...

Frankia bacteria are a group of nitrogen-fixing actinobacteria that form symbiotic relationships with actinorhizal plants, which are primarily found in nutrient-poor environments. This symbiosis ...

with the actinomycete Frankia. These plants are native to ... on the host plant for their energy needs. In return, the bacteria fix nitrogen for the plant. Another example of the intricate ...

If corn was ever jealous of soybean’s relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, advancements in gene editing could one day even the playing field. A recent study from the University of ...

Field trials on nitrogen-fixing microbes in corn have yet to show reliable yield benefits, but work continues on their ...

While most vegetation types must extract most of their nutrients from fertile soil, mesquites and similar plants receive additional nitrogen from symbiotic bacteria, which enzymatically fix ...

But only a select group of microbes, known as diazotrophs, can pluck N2 gas from the air or dissolved N2 in water and convert it into ammonium, a process called nitrogen fixation, so that it can then ...