The rhizobium–legume symbiosis is a major source of fixed nitrogen (ammonia) in the biosphere. The potential for this process to increase agricultural yield while reducing the reliance on nitrogen-based fertilizers has generated interest in understanding and manipulating this process. For decades, rhizobium research has benefited from the use of leading techniques from a very broad set of fields, including population genetics, molecular genetics, genomics, and systems biology. In this review, we summarize many of the research strategies that have been employed in the study of rhizobia and the unique knowledge gained from these diverse tools, with a focus on genome- and systems-level approaches. We then describe ongoing synthetic biology approaches aimed at improving existing symbioses or engineering completely new symbiotic interactions. The review concludes with our perspective of the future directions and challenges of the field, with an emphasis on how the application of a multidisciplinary approach and the development of new methods will be necessary to ensure successful biotechnological manipulation of the symbiosis.

Multidisciplinary approaches for studying rhizobium–legume symbioses / diCenzo, George C.; Zamani, Maryam; Checcucci, Alice; Fondi, Marco; Griffitts, Joel S.; Finan, Turlough M.; Mengoni, Alessio. - In: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY. - ISSN 0008-4166. - ELETTRONICO. - 65:1(2019), pp. 1-33. [10.1139/cjm-2018-0377]

Multidisciplinary approaches for studying rhizobium–legume symbioses

Checcucci, Alice;
2019

Abstract

The rhizobium–legume symbiosis is a major source of fixed nitrogen (ammonia) in the biosphere. The potential for this process to increase agricultural yield while reducing the reliance on nitrogen-based fertilizers has generated interest in understanding and manipulating this process. For decades, rhizobium research has benefited from the use of leading techniques from a very broad set of fields, including population genetics, molecular genetics, genomics, and systems biology. In this review, we summarize many of the research strategies that have been employed in the study of rhizobia and the unique knowledge gained from these diverse tools, with a focus on genome- and systems-level approaches. We then describe ongoing synthetic biology approaches aimed at improving existing symbioses or engineering completely new symbiotic interactions. The review concludes with our perspective of the future directions and challenges of the field, with an emphasis on how the application of a multidisciplinary approach and the development of new methods will be necessary to ensure successful biotechnological manipulation of the symbiosis.
2019
Multidisciplinary approaches for studying rhizobium–legume symbioses / diCenzo, George C.; Zamani, Maryam; Checcucci, Alice; Fondi, Marco; Griffitts, Joel S.; Finan, Turlough M.; Mengoni, Alessio. - In: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY. - ISSN 0008-4166. - ELETTRONICO. - 65:1(2019), pp. 1-33. [10.1139/cjm-2018-0377]
diCenzo, George C.; Zamani, Maryam; Checcucci, Alice; Fondi, Marco; Griffitts, Joel S.; Finan, Turlough M.; Mengoni, Alessio
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