Rhizobia, the soil bacteria in question, form a symbiotic relationship with the soybeans to create nodules and fix nitrogen all season long. But sometimes soil might not have enough rhizobia for ...

A solution containing rhizobia (bacteria that fix nitrogen in plant roots) was added to half the pots with nitrogen-poor ...

“Acid and alkaline soils give soybeans trouble.” For soybeans to produce their own nitrogen, rhizobia bacteria must be present in the soil. “Fields void of soybeans for two or more years ...

Healthy soil, the foundation of thriving ecosystems, is a complex dance between physical, chemical, and biological processes ...

Leguminous plants have a mechanism (rhizobial symbiosis) to efficiently acquire nitrogen, which is an essential macronutrient for growth, through the nitrogen-fixing bacteria rhizobia. Root nodules ...

Dr. Fuhrmann investigates the ecology and diversity of microbial populations in soil-plant systems, microbial community responses to environmental perturbations, effects of soil-borne viruses on ...

Some microorganisms such as Rhizobia have developed symbiotic relationships with legume plants (clover, peas, beans, alfalfa, and acacia) to provide reactive nitrogen in exchange for nutrition.

In nature, however, it is known that there is an enzyme that synthesizes ammonia at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. It is “nitrogenase” in bacteria named “rhizobia” that grows symbiotically ...

Dr. Fuhrmann investigates the ecology and diversity of microbial populations in soil-plant systems, microbial community responses to environmental perturbations, effects of soil-borne viruses on ...