Biological Nitrogen Fixation, 2 Volume Set

Frans J. de Bruijn received his Ph.D. (Cellular and Developmental Biology; Microbial Genetics) from Harvard University in 1983. His resume reflects an array of experiences as a teacher, researcher, board member, and he is currently Director of Research at the Laboratory for Plant-Microbe Interactions in Toulouse, France.

• Biological Nitrogen FixationVOLUME 1Chapter 1. IntroductionFrans J. de BruijnSection 1. Focus ChaptersChapter 2. Recent advances in Understanding Nitrogenases and How They WorkWilliam NewtonChapter 3. Evolution and Taxonomy of Nitrogen-fixing Organisms with emphasis on RhizobiaKristina LindstromChapter 4. Evolution of Rhizobium Nodulation: From Nodule Specific Genes (Nodulins) to Recruitment of Common ProcessesTon BisselingChapter 5. Bioengineering Nitrogen Acquisition in Rice: Promises for Global Food SecurityHerbert KronzuckerSection 2. Chemistry and Biochemistry of NitrogenasesChapter 6. An Overview of Fe-S Protein Biogenesis from Prokaryotes to EukaryotesMahipal KesawatChapter 7. Biosynthesis of the Iron-Molybdenum Cofactor of NitrogenaseLuis RubioChapter 8. Distribution and Ecological Niches of NitrogenasesAlexander GlazerSection 3. Expression and Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation Genes and NitrogenaseChapter 9. Regulation of nif Gene Expression in Azotobacter vinelandiiCesar Poza-Carrion, Luis RubioChapter 10. Coupling of Regulation between Nitrogen and Carbon Metabolism in Nitrogen Fixing Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501Lin MinChapter 11. Regulation of NItrogen Fixation and Molybdenum Transport in Rhodobacter capsulatusBernd MasepohlChapter 12. Metabolic Regulation of Nitrogenase Activity in Rhodospirillum rubrum: The Role of PII Proteins and Membrane SequestrationStefan Nordlund Chapter 13. How Does the DraG-PII Complex Regulate Nitrogenase Activity in Azospirillum brasilense?Xiao-Dan LiChapter 14. Fe Protein Over-expression Can Enhance the Nitrogenase Activity of Azotobacter vinelandiiPapri NagChapter 15. FNR-like Proteins in Rhizobia: Past and FutureLourdes GirardSection 4. Taxonomy and Evolution of Nitrogen Fixing OrganismsChapter 16. Exploring Alternative Paths for the Evolution of Biological Nitrogen FixationJohn PetersChapter 17. Phylogeny, Diversity, Geographical Distribution and Host Range of Legume-Nodulating Betaproteobacteria: What Is the Role of Plant Taxonomy?Lionel Moulin, Euan JamesChapter 18.Bradyrhizobium, The Ancestor of All Rhizobia: Phylogeny of Housekeeping and Nitrogen-fixation GenesMariangela HungriaChapter 19. Interaction between Host and Rhizobial Strains: Affinities and CoevolutionMario AguilarChapter 20. Assessment of Nitrogenase Diversity in the EnvironmentDaniel BuckleySection 5. Genomics of Nitrogen Fixing OrganismsChapter 21. Genetic Regulation of Symbiosis Island Transfer in Mesorhizobium lotiJoshua Ramsay, Clive RonsonChapter 22. The Azotobacter vinelandiiGenome: An UpdateJoao C. SetubalChapter 23. The Genome Sequence of the Novel Rhizobial Species Microvirga lotononidis Strain WSM3557.Julie ArdleyChapter 24. Genome Characteristics of Frankia sp. Reflect Host Range and Host Plant BiogeographyPhilippe Normand, David BensonChapter 25. Core and Accessory Henomes of The Diazotroph AzospirillumFlorence Wisniewski-DyeChapter 26. Pangenome Evolution in The Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixer Sinorhizobium melilotiMarco GalardiniChapter 27. Pangenomic Analysis of The Rhizobiales Using The GET_HOMOLOGUES Software PackagePablo VinuesaSection 6. Physiology and Metabolism of Nitrogen Fixing OrganismsChapter 28. Metabolism of Photosynthetic Bradyrhizobia During Root and Stem Symbiosis with Aeschynomene legumesBenjamin GourionChapter 29. A Plethora of Terminal Oxidases and Their Biogenesis Factors in Bradyrhizobium japonicumHauke HenneckeChapter 30. Rhizobial Extracytoplasmic Function (ECF) Factors and Their Role in Oxidative Stress Response ofBradyrhizobium japonicumHans-Martin FischerChapter 31. Role of the Bacterial BacA ABC-transporter in Chronic Infection of Nodule Cells by RhizobiumPeter MergaertChapter 32. Molecular Keys to Broad Host Range in Sinorhizobium fredii NGR234, USDA257 and HH103Wolfgang StreitChapter 33. Motility and Chemotaxis in the RhizobiaMichael HynesChapter 34. The Pts/Ntr System Globally Regulates ATP-dependent Transporters in Rhizobium leguminosarumJurgen PrellSection 7. Nitrogen Fixing Organisms, the Plant Rhizosphere and Stress ToleranceChapter 35. Actinorhizal Root Exudates Alter the Physiology, Surface Properties and Plant Infectivity of FrankiaLouis TisaChapter 36. Exopolysaccharide Production in Rhizobia is Regulated by Environmental FactorsMonika JanczarekChapter 37. Regulation of Symbiotically-Important Functions by Quorum Sensing in the Sinorhizobium meliloti-Alfalfa InteractionJuan GonzalesChapter 38. Lumichrome as a Bacterial Signal Molecule Influencing Plant GrowthFelix DakoraChapter 39. Genes Involved in Desiccation Resistance of Rhizobia and Other BacteriaMichael KahnChapter 40. The General Stress Response in Alpha-rhizobiaClaude BruandSection 8. Physiology and Regulation of NodulationChapter 41. The Root Hair: A Single Cell Model for Systems BiologyMarc LibaultChapter 42. How Transcriptomics Revealed New Information on Actinorhizal Symbioses Establishment and EvolutionValerie HocherChapter 43. Molecular Biology of Infection and Nodule Development in Discaria trinervis – FrankiaActinorhizal SymbiosisSergio SvistoonoffChapter 44. Lotus japonicusNodulates When It Sees RedAkihiro SuzukiChapter 45. Out of Water of A New Model Legume: The Nod-independent Aeschynomene eveniaJean-Francois ArrighiChapter 46. Phosphorus Use Efficiency for N2 Fixation in The Rhizobial Symbiosis with LegumesJean –Jacques Drevon Chapter 47. Regulation of Nodule Development by Short and Long Distance Auxin TransportUlrike MathesiusChapter 48. Functional Analysis of Nitrogen-Fixing Root Nodule Symbioses Induced by Frankia: Transport and Metabolic InteractionsAlison BerryChapter 49. NOOT-dependent Control of Nodule Identity: Nodule Homeosis and Meristem PerturbationPascal RatetVolume 2Section 9. Recognition in NodulationChapter 50. Roles for Flavonoids in Symbiotic Root-Rhizosphere InteractionsUlrike MathesiusChapter 51. Nod Factor Recognition in Medicago truncatulaJean Jacques BonoChapter 52. Role of Ectoapyrases in NodulationGary StaceyChapter 53. Role of Rhizobium Cellulase CelC2 in Root Colonization and InfectionPedro MateosChapter 54. Nod Factor-Induced Calcium Signaling in LegumesGiles OldroydChapter 55. Signalling and Communication between Actinorhizal Plants and FrankiaDuring the Intracellular Symbiotic ProcessClaudine FrancheSection 10. Infection and Nodule OntogenyChapter 56. The Role of Hormones in Rhizobial InfectionJeremy MurrayChapter 57. Nuclear Ca2+ Signaling Reveals Active Bacterial-Host Signaling throughout Rhizobial Infection in Root Hairs of Medicago truncatulaDavid BarkerChapter 58. A Pectate Lyase Required for Plant-Cell Wall Remodelling During Infection of Legumes by Rhizobia Allan DownieChapter 59. Dissecting The Roles in Outer and Inner Root Cell Layers of Plant Genes That Control Rhizobial Infection and Nodule OrganogenesisClare GoughChapter 60. The Medicago truncatula NIP/LATD Transporter Is Essential for Nodulation and Appropriate Root ArchitectureRebecca DicksteinChapter 61. A MYB Coiled Coil Type Transcription Factor Interacts with NSP2 and Is Essential for Nodulation in Lotus japonicusZhongming ZhangChapter 62. AP2/ERF Transcription Factors and Root NodulationFernanda de Carvalo-NiebelChapter 63. Identification of Medicago truncatulaGenes Required for Rhizobial Invasion and Bacteroid DifferentiationPeter KaloChapter 64. Multifacetted Roles of Nitric Oxide in Rhizobium-Legume SymbiosesEliane MeilhocChapter 65. Profiling Symbiotic Responses of Sinorhizobium frediiStrain NGR234 with RNA-seqXavier PerretChapter 66. Computational and Experimental Evidence That Auxin Accumulation in Nodule and Lateral Root Primordia Occurs by Different MechanismsEva Elisabeth DeinumSection 11.   Transitions from the Bacterial to the Bacteroid StateChapter 67. Bacteroid Differentiation in Legume Nodules: Role of AMP-like Host Peptides in the Control of the EndosymbiontEva Kondorosi Chapter 68. The Symbiosome MembranePenelope SmithSection 12. Nitrogen Fixation, Assimilation and Senescence in NodulesChapter 69. Nodulin Intrinsic Proteins: Facilitators of Water and Ammonia Transport across the Symbiosome MembraneDaniel RobertsChapter 70. Leghemoglobins with Nitrated Hemes in Legume Root NoduleManuel BecanaChapter 71. The Role of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylase Enzyme in Leguminous Nodule SenescenceNeung TeaumroongSection 13. Microbial “Omics”Chapter 72. Pool-Seq Analysis of Microsymbiont Selection by the Legume Plant HostJuan ImperialChapter 73. Contribution of the RNA Chaperone Hfq to Environmental Fitness and Symbiosis in Sinorhizobium melilotiJosé I. Jimenes-ZurdoChapter 74. Biodiversity, Symbiotic Efficiency and Genomics of Rhizobium tropici and Related SpeciesMariangela HungriaChapter 75. The Frankia alniSymbiotic TranscriptomePhilippe NormandChapter 76. A Comprehensive Survey of Soil Rhizobiales Using High-Throughput DNA SequencingRyan JonesChapter 77. Gene Targeted Metagenomics of Diazotrophs in Coastal Saline SoilBhanavath JhaSection 14. Plant “Omics” and Functional GeneticsChapter 78. The Medicago truncatulaGenomeFrederic DebelléChapter 79. Leveraging Large-Scale Approaches to Dissect the Rhizobia-Legume SymbiosisOswaldo Valdes-LopezChapter 80. LegumeIP: An Integrative Platform for Comparative Genomics and Transcriptomics of Model LegumesPatrick Xuechun ZhaoChapter 81. Databases of Transcription Factors in LegumesLam-son Phan TranChapter 82. Functional Genomics of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Legumes with a Focus on Transcription Factors and Membrane TransportersMichael UdvardiChapter 83. Retrotransposon (Tnt1)-insertion Mutagenesis in Medicago as a Tool for Genetic Dissection of Symbiosis in LegumesMichael UdvardiSection 15. Cyanobacteria and ArchaeaChapter 84. Marine Titrogen Fixation: Organisms, Significance, Enigmas and Future DirectionsJonathan ZehrChapter 85. Requirement of Cell Wall Remodelling for Cell-Cell Communication and Cell Differentiation in Filamentous Cyanobacteria of the Order NostocalesKarl ForchhammerChapter 86. Nitrogen Fixation in the Oxygenic Phototrophic Prokaryotes (Cyanobacteria): The Fight Against OxygenEnrique Flores Chapter 87. Underestimation of Marine Dinitrogen Fixation: A Novel Method and Novel Diazotrophic HabitatsRuth SchmitzSection 16. Diazotrophic Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria and Non-LegumesChapter 88. One Hundred Years Discovery of Nitrogen-Fixing RhizobacteriaClaudine ElmerichChapter 89. Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Legumes: Perspectives on the Diversity and Evolution of Nodulation by Rhizobium and Burkholderia SpeciesAnn HirschChapter 90. Agronomic Applications of Azospirillum and Other PGPRYaacov OkonChapter 91. Auxin Signaling in Azospirillum brasilense: A Proteome AnalysisStijn SpaepenChapter 92. Genetic and Functional Characterization of Paenibacillus riograndensis: A Novel Plant Growth Promoting Bacterium Isolated from WheatLuciane PassagliaChapter 93. Role of Herbaspirillum seropedicae LPS in Plant ColonizationRose Adele MonteiroChapter 94. Culture-independent Assessment of Diazotrophic Bacteria in Sugarcane and Isolation of Bradyrhizobium spp. from Field Grown Sugarcane Plants Using Legume Trap PlantsAnton HartmannChapter 95. How Fertilization Affects the Selection of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria by Host PlantsLuciane PassagliaSection 17. Field Studies, Inoculum Preparation, Applications of Nod FactorsChapter 96. Appearance of Membrane Compromised, Viable But Not Culturable and Culturable Rhizobial Cells As A Consequence of DesiccationJan VriezenChapter 97. Making the Most of High Quality InoculantsRosalind DeakerChapter 98. Rhizobiophages As Markers in The Selection of Symbiotically Efficient Rhizobia for LegumesFelix DakoraChapter 99. Nitrogen Fixation with Soybean: The Perfect Symbiosis? Mariangela Hungria Chapter 100. Nodule Functioning and Symbiotic Efficiency of Cowpea and Soybean Varieties in AfricaFlora Pule MeulenbergChapter 101. Microbial Quality of Commercial Inoculants to Increase BNF and Nutrient Use EfficiencyDidier LesueurChapter 102. Developed Fungal-Bacterial Biofilms Having Nitrogen Fixers: Universal Biofertilizers for Legumes and Non-legumesH.M. HerathChapter 103. Phenotypic Variation in Azospirillum spp. and Other Root-Associated BacteriaAnton HartmannChapter 104. The physiological mechanisms of desiccation tolerance in rhizobiaAndrea CasterianoChapter 105. Food Grain Legumes: Their Contribution to Soil Fertility and Human Nutrition and Health in AfricaFelix DakoraChapter 106. Plant Breeding for Biological Nitrogen Fixation: A ReviewPeter KennedyChapter 107. LCO Applications Provide Improved Responses with Legumes and Non-legumesStewart SmithSection 18 Nitrogen Fixation and CerealsChapter 108. The Quest for Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Cereals: A Perspective and ProspectiveFrans J. de BruijnChapter 109. Environmental and Economic Impacts of Biological N2 Fixing (BNF) Cereal Crops Perrin BeattyChapter 110. Conservation of the Symbiotic Signalling Pathway between Legumes and Cereals: Did Nodulation Constraints Drive Legume Symbiotic Genes to Become Specialised During Evolution?Charles RosenbergChapter 111. Occurrence and Ecophysiology of the Natural Endophytic Rhizobium-rice Association, and Translational Assessment of its Biofertilizer Performance within the Egypt Nile DeltaYoussef YanniSection 19. Concluding ChaptersChapter 112. The Relevance of N-fixation and N-recyling for Insect Biomass and N-balances of EcosystemsMartin HeilChapter 113. Rapid Identification of Nodule Bacteria with MALDI-TOF Mass SpectrometryXavier PerretChapter 114. The Microbe-Free Plant: Fact or Artefact?Martin Heil