Prokaryotic Nitrogen Fixation: A Model System for the Analysis of a Biological Process
Publisher: Horizon Scientific Press
Editor: Eric W. Triplett Madison, Wisconsin
Publication date: February 2000
ISBN-10: 1-898486-19-0 (hbk)
ISBN-13: 978-1-898486-19-0 (hbk)
Price: GB £148 or US $296
Pages: xx + 800
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"... can be recommended to anyone ... the book presents a nicely constructed, state-of-the-art overview ... Altogether, the book represents an excellent introduction to the field ..." Trends in Plant Science July 2000
Enormous progress has been made in our understanding of prokaryotic nitrogen fixation. In this comprehensive volume leading international researchers review in depth virtually every aspect of this important subject, including the nitrogen cycle, nitrogenase enzymes, the nif genes, oceanic nitrogen fixation, host-microbe interactions, root nodule metabolism, model legume systems, mycorrhizal interactions, genomics of diazotrophs, symbiotic islands in Mesorhizobium, bacterial endophytic associations, and much more. The book emphasizes the importance of nitrogen fixation as a model for the analysis of many other biological processes and will be useful to a wide range of scientists. Significantly, the authors have succeeded in conveying the sense of fun and excitement experienced by those involved in this important area.
This comprehensive volume will serve as a valuable reference work for all scientists working in this field and will also be of interest to researchers studying metal-containing enzymes, symbioses, genome research, environmental microbiology, plant metabolism, infection events and other prokaryote-eukaryote interactions.
Key Features:
• Eminent Contributors |
• 44 Chapters |
• Interdisciplinary Appeal |
• Comprehensive Reviews |
• Numerous Illustrations |
• Extensive Reference Sections |
Key Topics:
• The Nitrogen Cycle and Nitrogenase |
• Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation |
• Evolution of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation |
• Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Legumes |
• Genomics of Diazotrophs |
• Association of Diazotrophs with Grasses |
• Legumes: The Infection Process |
• Legumes: Nodule Development and Metabolism |
• Legumes: Model Systems for the Analysis of the Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiosis |
Authors Include:
• Daniel J. Arp, Oregon State University
• William J. Broughton, University of Geneva
• Robert H. Burris, University of Wisconsin
• Frank B. Dazzo, Michigan State University
• Dennis R. Dean, Virginia Tech
• David W. Emerich, University of Missouri
• Timothy R. Hoover, University of Georgia
• James Howard, University of Minnesota
• Christina Kennedy, University of Arizona
• Adam Kondorosi, CNRS, France
• Paul W. Ludden, University of Wisconsin
• Donald A. Phillips, University of California
• Douglas C. Rees, California Institute of Technology
• Barry G. Rolfe, Australian National University
• Clive W. Ronson, University of Otago
• Lance C. Seefeldt, Utah State University
• Carroll P.Vance, University of Minnesota
• Herman P. Spaink, Leiden University, the Netherlands
• Jonathan P. Zehr, University of California, Santa Cruz
Table of Contents
The Nitrogen Cycle
Daniel J. Arp
Chapter 2
Ecology and Molecular Biology of Trichodesmium
Jonathan P. Zehr and Douglas G. Capone
Chapter 3
Introduction To Nitrogenases
Robert H. Burris
Chapter 4
Structure of the Nitrogenase Protein Components
James Bryant Howard and Douglas C. Rees
Chapter 5
Biosynthesis of the Iron-Molybdenum and Iron-vanadium Cofactors of the nif- and vnf-Encoded Nitrogenases
Priya Rangaraj, Carmen Rüttimann-Johnson, Vinod K. Shah and Paul W. Ludden
Chapter 6
Time Resolved Infra-red Spectroscopy of Functioning Nitrogenase
Roger N.F. Thorneley and Simon J. George
Chapter 7
Use of Amino Acid Substitutions to Study the Functional Properties of the Nitrogenase MoFe Protein
Jason Christiansen, Jeannine M. Chan, Lance C. Seefeldt, and Dennis R. Dean
Chapter 8
Roles for Nucleotides in Nitrogenase Catalysis
Jeannine M. Chan, Jennifer E. Huyett, and Lance C. Seefeldt
Chapter 9.
Control of Nitrogen Fixation Genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae
Timothy R. Hoover
Chapter 10.
Regulation of Nitrogenase Activity in Phototrophic Bacteria by Reversible Covalent Modification
Stefan Nordlund
Chapter 11
Regulation of nitrogen fixation genes in phototrophs: new mechanisms of bacterial gene activation.
Robert G. Kranz
Chapter 12
Phylogeny of Root- and Stem-Nodule Bacteria Associated with Legumes
En Tao Wang and Esperanza Martínez-Romero
Chapter 13
Molecular Evolution of Interactions between Rhizobia and their Legume Hosts
Zewdu Terefework*, Gilles Lortet*, Leena Suominen and Kristina Lindström
* Both authors contributed equally to the work.
Chapter 14
Evolution of the Actinorhizal Plant Symbiosis
David R. Benson and Michael L. Clawson
Chapter 15
Nitrogen Fixation by Termite Symbionts
Deborah A. Waller
Chapter 16
Rhizobial Motility and Chemotaxis: Molecular Biology and Ecological Role
Christopher K. Yost and Michael F. Hynes
Chapter 17
Solving the Competition Problem: Genetic and Field Approaches to Enhance the Effectiveness of the Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis
Alexandra J Scupham, Eduardo A. Robleto, and Eric W. Triplett
Chapter 18
Competition for Nodulation in the Soybean/Bradyrhizobium Symbiosis
Michael Jay Sadowsky
Chapter 19
Unravelling the Infection Process in the Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis by Microscopy
Frank B. Dazzo and Judith L. Wopereis
Chapter 20
Biosynthesis and Release of Rhizobial Nodulation Gene Inducers by Legumes
Donald A. Phillips
Chapter 21
Structure and function of nod factors
Cristina Pacios-Bras, Herman P. Spaink, and Nico Stuurman
Chapter 22
Signal Exchange Involved in the Establishment of the Bradyrhizobium-Legume Symbiosis.
Day, R. Bradley, Loh, John T., Cohn, Jonathan, and Stacey, G.
Chapter 23
Rhizobium lipopolysaccharide and its role in symbiosis
K. Dale Noel and Dominik M. Duelli
Chapter 24
The Role of Rhizobial Extracellular Polysaccharides (EPS) in the Sinorhizobium meliloti Alfalfa Symbiosis
Anke Becker, Karsten Niehaus and Alfred Pühler
Chapter 25
Control of Root Nodule Organogenesis
Eva Kondorosi and Adam Kondorosi
Chapter 26
Nodulins: Nodule-Specific Host Gene Products, their Induction and Function in Root Nodule Symbiosis
Desh Pal S. Verma
Chapter 27
Uptake Hydrogenases in Root Nodule Bacteria
T. Ruiz-Argüeso, J. Imperial and J. M. Palacios
Chapter 28
Heme Biosynthesis and Function in the Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis
Mark R. O'Brian
Chapter 29
Phosphorus Assimilation and Regulation in the Rhizobia
Timothy R. McDermott
Chapter 30
Transport of Metabolites to and from Symbiosomes and Bacteroids
James K. Waters and David W. Emerich
Chapter 31
Ureide Synthesis in Legume Nodules
Craig Atkins and Penny Smith
Chapter 32
Amide Biosynthesis in Root Nodules of Temperate Legumes
Carroll P. Vance
Chapter 33
The Genetic System of Alfalfa (Medicago Sativa L.) as an Aid for Isolation of Symbiotic Genes, and for Structural, Comparative and Functional Genomics of Legumes
György B. Kiss and Gabriella Endre
Chapter 34
Melilotus alba Desr., White Sweetclover, a Mellifluous Model Legume
Ann M. Hirsch, Michelle R. Lum, Rebecca S.N. Krupp, Weigang Yang, and Wojciech M. Karlowski
Chapter 35
The Use of the Genus Trifolium for the Study of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Root Development and Plant Defence Responses
Barry G. Rolfe, Ulrike Mathesius, Michael A. Djordjevic, Jeremy J. Weinman, Nelson Guerreiro, Siria Natera, Angela C. Morris
Chapter 36
Nitrogen Fixation in Methanogensthe Archaeal Perspective
John A. Leigh
Chapter 37
Genomics of Rhizobium etli
Guillermo Dávila, Susana Brom, Julio Collado, Georgina Hernández, Jaime Mora, Rafael Palacios, and David Romero
Chapter 38
Physical and Genetic Analysis of the Broad Host-Range Rhizobium sp. NGR234
Xavier Perret, Virginie Viprey, and William John Broughton
Chapter 39
The Symbiosis Island of a Mesorhizobium Strain that Nodulates Lotus
J. T. Sullivan J. R. Trzebiatowski, F. J de Bruijn and C. W. Ronson
Chapter 40
Assessment of Bacterial Nitrogen Fixation in Grass Species
Robert M. Boddey, Lucia G. da Silva, Verônica Reis, Bruno J.R. Alves and Segundo Urquiaga
Chapter 41
Analysis of the Presence and Diversity of Diazotrophic Endophytes
Anton Hartmann, Marion Stoffels, Barbara Eckert, Gudrun Kirchhof and Michael Schloter
Chapter 42
Genetic Analysis of Nitrogen Fixation and Plant-Growth Stimulating Properties of Acetobacter diazotrophicus, an Endophyte of Sugarcane
Myrna Sevilla and Christina Kennedy
Chapter 43
Azospirillum-Plant Root Interactions: Signaling and Metabolic Interactions
Ann Vande Broek, Sofie Dobbelaere, Jos Vanderleyden and Anne Vandommelen
Chapter 44
Diazotrophic Endophytes Associated with Maize
Marisa K. Chelius and Eric W. Triplett
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