2.1

I.C. Baumberger

In the search for new symbiotic genes of Bradyrhizobium japonicum

2.2

G. Béna

The evolution of the nitrogenase genes

2.3

S. Brom

A specific recombination system is involved in cointegration of the symbiotic plasmid with the conjugative plasmid p42a of Rhizobium etli

2.4

A.V. Chemeris

Genetical bar-coding of rhizobia strains

2.5

T.H.N. Ellis

Genome size variation in the Vicieae

2.6

J. Jakab

Identification of BAC clones corresponding to mapped Medicago genes to facilitate BAC-based sequencing of the Medicago truncatula genome

2.7

P. Kalo

Map-based cloning of a receptor kinase gene from alfalfa

2.8

N.O. Kozyrovska

Differentiation of Klebsiella oxytoca by a PCR-mediated method

2.9

M Lihong

Amplication and deletion in pSYM of Sinorhizobium fredii effect on the function of symbiotic nitrogen fixation

2.10

E.B. Madesn

Map-based cloning of Ljsym5

2.11

L.H. Madsen

LORE1, an active retrotransposon in Lotus japonicus

2.12

W. Malek

Genomic characterization of Sarothamnus scoparius nodule bacteria

2.13

G. Moschetti

Genetic diversity of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar. Viciae strains isolated from wild legumes in central-southern Italy

2.14

D. Romero

Concerted evolution in the nif multigene famil in Rhizobium etli

2.15

M.L. Roumiantseva

2.16

A. Skorupska

Sequence analysis of the Sinorhizobium meliloti 2011 temperate bacteriophage PBC5

2.17

P. Vinuesa

Proposal of Bradyrhizobium canariense sp. Nov., isolated from the root nodules of endemic shrub legumes (Fabacceae:Genisteae) in the Canary Islands: Population genetics and phylogenetic inferences

2.18

S. Wdowiak-Wrobel

Genomic relationship of Astragalus cicer rhizobia with other nodule bacteria

2.19

A. Seres

Construction of a linkage map for a Medicago truncatula recombinant inbred line population and its comparative analysis with the genetic map of alfalfa

3.1

G. Brelles-Marino

Medicago truncatula rhizosphere molecular microbial ecology: role of the plant genome in structuring microbial communities

3.2

L. Canteto

N-acyl homoserine lactone (AHL) signal molecule production in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae UPM791

3.3

J.V. Cullimore

Expression of the apyrase-like APY1 genes in roots of Medicago truncatula is induced rapidly and transiently by stress and not by Rhizobium or Nod factors

3.4

N. Fraysee

Sinorhizobium sp. NGR234 lipopolysaccharide modifications are induced by symbiotic conditions

3.5

T. Hashimoto

Screening of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the rhizosphere of rice

3.6

B.V. Hogg

Further studies of Nod factor binding sites in Medicago truncatula roots

3.7

A.W.B. Johnston

Unusual features of the Fur super-family in Rhizobium

3.8

S.A. Kosuta

A diffusible factor from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi induces symbiosis-specific MtENOD11 expression in roots of Medicago truncatula

3.9

M. Laus

High-affinity binding of lipopolysaccharide to Pea lectin is involved in attachment of Rhizobium leguminosarum to host plant root hairs

3.10

A. Mazur

Membrane topology of the Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. Trifolii TA1 PssT protein

3.11

L. Miché

Differential colonisation of rice varieties by the endophytic nitrogen-fixing bacterium Azoarcus sp. BH72: is plant defence involved?

3.12

B. Morón

Expression of nodulation genes in bean rhizobia under acid conditions

3.13

L. Mulder

Lotus japnicus genes required for both fungal and bacterial symbiosis

3.14

P. Nowak

Acacia Senegal and Prosopis chilensis nodulating rhizobia Sinorhizobium kostiense HAMBI 2362 and S. arbores HAMBI 2361 produce tetra-and pentameric LCOs that are N-methylated, O-6 carbamoylated and partly sulphated

3.15

J. Olivares

Functional analysis of a transmembrane efflux protein linked to the Sinorhizobium meliloti fadD gene

3.16

R.I. Oruezabal

Characterization of the five ECFs located in the megaplasmids of S. meliloti under stress conditions and in symbiosis with alfalfa

3.17

N.V. Ostakhina

Novel effects of wheat germ agglutinin as a molecular signal for Azospirillum brasilense Sp245

3.18

A. Ovtsyna

Activity of Nod factor – cleaving enzymes induced in pea by structurally related signal molecules from symbiotic and pathogenic microorganisms

3.19

B. Rodelas

Analysis of the DNA region encoding for expression of the production of an RTX-type bacteriocin in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae strain Z25

3.20

F. Rosconi

Laccase purification of Sinorhizobium meliloti CE52G for MS analysis

3.21

M. Sanchez-Contreras

Quorum sensing systems in Rhizobium leguminosarum regulate symbiotic performance and adaptation to environmental stress

3.22

C. Sohlenkamp

Bacterial phosphatidylcholine is required for the establishment of the root nodule symbiosis

3.23

J. Todd

RirA, a regulator of Fe-responsive gene expression in Rhizobium

3.24

G.P. Verroios

Effect of pH on the structure of nodulation factors produced by Rhizobium tropici CIAT899

3.25

K.H. Yeoman

Regulation of an by RpoI an ECF alpha factor required for siderophore synthesis in Rhizobium leguminosarum

3.24

N. Dashti

Plant growth promotion Rhizobacteria and symbiosis establishment between Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) and Bradyrhizobium japonicum at low root zone temperatures

4.1

G. Cinege

Regulation of cycHJKL operon and its role in c-type cytochrome biogenesis

4.2

O. Geiger

Biosynthesis of ornithine-derived lipids

4.3

A.M. Hemmings

Bacterial iron uptake regulation and the crystal structure of a Fur protein

4.4

B. Hinnemann

A theoretical investigation of the iron-only nitrogenase

4.5

J.E. Krόl

Identification and analysis of the pssT gene of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. Trifolii TA1

4.6

E. Ruston

Characterisation of the FixAB proteins from Azorhizobium caulinodans

4.7

A.F. Topunov

Multiple forms of reductases reducing leghemoglobins

5.1

B. Ben Amor

The NFP gene of Medicago truncatula controls an early step of a signal transduction pathway specifically activated by Nod factors

5.2

H. Bergès

Coupling between the Era GTP-binding protein and GlnK in Sinorhizobium meliloti

5.3

T. Drepper

Role of the Hfq-like protein NrfA in regulation of N₂ fixation in Rhodobacter capsulatus

5.4

K. Forchhammer

PII-signalling in unicellular cyanobacteria

5.5

P.C. Hallenbeck

The role of GlnB and GlnK in the regulation of nitrogenase synthesis and activity in Rhodobacter capsulatus

5.6

A. Krause

Mutational and transcriptional analysis of the type III secretion system of Bradyrhizobium japonicum

5.7

R. Little

Influence of 2-oxoglutarate on Azobacter vinelandii NifL and NifA activity

5.8

M.J. Martínez

Organization of the nifA gene region and regulation of NifA expression in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae

5.9

H. Miwa

Use of a cameleon to measure Nod-factor induced calcium spiking in transgenic roots

5.10

K. Raabe

The H-NS-like protein HvrA modulates expression of nitrogen fixation genes in Rhodobacter capsulatus by binding to selected nif promoters

5.11

F. Reyes-Ramirez

Mutant forms of the Azobacter vinelandii transcriptional activator NifA resistant to inhibition by the NifL regulator protein

5.12

R.A. Schmitz

Comparative DNA analysis of a 600 kb Exo-contig of the Rhizobium NGR234 megaplasmid 2

5.13

E.M. Souza

The Fnr protein is required for stability of the NifA of Herbaspirillum seropedicae in E. coli

5.14

J. Stips

Membrane-association of NifL is the mechanism of oxygen-dependent NifA regulation in Klebsiella pneumoniae

5.15

V. Viprey

Identification of new components of the molecular cascade leading from calcium spiking to nodule formation in pea

5.16

S. Weidner

The Sinorhizobium meliloti metal-type iron transport system SitABCD is under the control of the ferric uptake regulator Fur

5.17

A. Frederiksen

Functional analysis of NIN, a regulator protein for nodule development

6.1

A. Becker

Expression profiling and genome-wide mutagenesis in Sinorhizobium meliloti

6.2

E. Kiss

Systematic inactivation of Sinorhizobium meliloti genes expressing at early stages of symbiosis a complementary approach to transcriptome experiments

6.3

U. Mathesius

Proteome analysis reveals new insights into events during early nodule formation

6.4

A. Niebel

Suppression subtractive hybridisation to explore the Medicago truncatula symbiotic program

7.1

M. Castle

Nitrogen uptake and assimilation at low temperatures in white clover

7.2

M. Chiurazzi

Effect of ammonium on symbiotic and non symbiotic root phenotypes in Lotus japonicus

7.3

C. Ehlers

Characterization of GlnK1 from Methanosarcina mazei strain Gö1: complementation of an Escherichia coli glnK mutant strain by M. mazei GlnK1

7.4

M. Granados

Rhizobium etli CFN42 symbiotic plasmid encodes for additional regulator elements for fix gene expression

7.5

A. Jonsson

Investigations of adenylytransferase activity in Rhodospirillum rubrum

7.6

M. Merrick

Structure-function studies on the Escherichia coli ammonium transporter AmtB

7.7

S. Mesa

The role of nnR in the control of Bradyrhizobium japonicum denitrification genes

7.8

A. Norén

Protease dependant degradation of nitrogenase in Rhodospirillum rubrum

7.9

F.O. Pedrosa

Control of nitrogenase ammonium switch-off/on in Azospirillum brasilense by PII and GlnZ proteins

7.10

A. Sarkar

Characterisation of ntrBC of Azoarcus sp. Strain BH72

7.11

R. Tate

Glutamine as a preferred energy source for Rhizobium etli: a feature shared with mammalian cell lines

7.12

A. Ureta

Nitrogen fixation in Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus: the role of PII proteins

7.13

A.A.N. van Brussel

Nitrate inhibition of nodulation in Vicia and pea

7.14

W.C. van Heeswijk

Hierarchy in the adaptation of Bacillus subtilis to nitrogen starvation

8.1

C. Arrese-Igor

Effect of paraquat on nodule sucrose synthase activity

8.2

S. Batista

An alternative succinate transport system in a Rhizobium tropici CIAT899 dctA mutant is regulated by DctBD system

8.3

S. Batista

Development of a genomic "toolbox" to study genes of diazotrophic rice endophyte Herbaspirillum seropedicae Z67

8.4

B.U. Becker

A novel gene of Bradyrhizobium japonicum, encoding a putative selenoprotein is required for an effective symbiosis with soybean

8.5

L.P. Belov

Specific features of nitrogen fixation in the digestive tract of the common vole Microtus arvalis

8.6

M.J. Delgado

Characterization of the modABC genes of Bradyrhizobium japonicum involved in molybdate transport

8.7

J.J. Drevon

Variability in nitrogen fixation of common bean from Iberian peninsular

8.8

T. Edgren

Characterization of two soluble ferredoxins in Rhodospirillum rubrum

8.9

E.M. Gonzalez

Effect of exogenous ascorbate on water stressed pea nodules

8.10

K.M. Gray

Regulation of oxidative stress responses in Rhizobium leguminosarum

8.11

G.K. Guillén-Navarro

Cloning and molecular characterization of genes involved in biotin biosynthesis in Rhizobium etli CE3

8.12

A.H.F. Hosie

Rhizobium leguminosarum has a second general amino acid permease with unusually broad substrate specificity and high similarity to branched chain amino acid transporters (Bra/LIV) of the ABC family

8.13

A. Kalinichenko

Mathematical model of symbiotic nitrogen fixation

8.14

M.M. Lucas

Aldehyde oxidase in nitrogen-fixing nodules of Lupinus albus

8.15

M. Fernández-Pascual

Glyphosate modified the protein metabolism in Bradyrhizobium sp. (Lupinus) bacteroids

8.16

F. Merchan

A krüppel-like transcription factor gene is involved in salt stress responses in Medicago spp.

8.17

P. Müller

Symbiotic mutants of Bradyrhizobium japonicum constructed by Transposon TnKPK2 insertions

8.18

P. Müller

The Bradyrhizobium japonicum napEDABC genes encoding the periplasmic nitrate reductase is essential for nitrate respiration

8.19

J. Palacios

A Rhizobium leguminosarum TAT (Twin-Arginine Translocation) mutant shows pleiotropic defects affecting both free-living and symbiotic life styles

8.20

J. Prell

Pyruvate dependent γ-aminobutyrate (GABA) aminotransferase is expressed separately from 2-oxoglutarate dependent GABA aminotransferase in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. Viciae VF39

8.21

G.S. Randhawa

Isolation and characterization of tryptophan auxotrophs of Sinorhizobium meliloti

8.22

M. Redondo-Nieto

Nutritional influence of B and Ca²⁺ on nodule organogenesis in legumes

8.23

V.M. Reis

Factors affecting the production of indoles in culture medium from Diazotrophic bacteria

8.24

G. Rudolph

Iron regulation of genes encoding a heme uptake system in Bradyrhizobium japonicum

8.25

J. Schulze

Molecular studies indicate the importance of malate production via PEPC and MDH for nodule functioning in alfalfa

9.1

K. Lindström

Genomic analysis of the Rhizobium galegae HAMBI 1174 Sym-plasmid

9.2

D.W. Odee

Abundance and symbiotic N₂-fixing effectiveness of rhizobia found in improved fallow systems of Western Kenya

9.3

U.B. Priefer

PhIMED: Improving French bean cultivation under semi-arid conditions by characterizing endogenous Phaseolus symbionts and identifying genetic factors related to stress tolerance

9.4

X-X. Zhang

Astragalus sinicus rhizobia belong to two distinct genotypes in the genus of Mesorhizobium

9.5

H. Founoune

Relationships between growth of several species of woody legumes from Calliandra genus and their nodules occupancy under greenhouse conditions in Senegal

9.6

X. Zhang

Diversity and phylogeny of Bradyrhizobium strains isolated from the root nodules of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) in Sichuan

10.1

M. Crespi

Cell-to-cell communication during nodule initiation in M. truncatula

10.2

P. De Hoff

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of white sweet clover (Melilotus alba Desr.)

10.3

S. Ferraioli

Auxotrophs as a tool to study development of globose nodule

10.4

Z.B. Pavlova

Study of hormone-regulated genes expression in different pea nodule-forming mutants

10.5

V.E. Tsyganov

Mutational analysis of ethylene functions in pea (Pisum sativum L.) root morphogenesis and nodule development

11.1

E.A. Al-Sherif

Distribution and N₂ fixation of wild herb legumes at Beni-Suef Governorate, Egypt

11.2

A. Asgarzadeh

Identification and genetic characterisation of Chickpea symbiotic bacteria strains (Mesorhizobium spp.)

11.3

J. Aurag

Effect of saline stress on the symbiosis Rhizobium-Phaseolus vulgaris L.

11.4

C.J. Bécquer

New advances on genetic diversity of rhizobia, indigenous to livestock ecosystems of Sancti-Spiritus, Cuba

11.5

E.B. Berraho

Phylogenetic position of rhizobia nodulating Chickpea from Morocco: evidence for nodulation gene transfer from Mesorhizobium to Sinorhizobium

11.6

D. Borthakur

Rhizobium genes required for aromatic meta-cleavage

11.7

F. Brhada

Characterisation of rhizobia isolated from one nodule from Lupinus luteus cultivated in North Morocco

11.8

S. Davies

Selection and field performance of rhizobial strains for Dorycnium spp.

11.9

P. de Lajudie

Diversity of Mediterranean rhizobia

11.10

A. Filali-Maltouf

Lipopolysaccharides profiles: A simple and useful approach for studying the diversity of rhizobia

11.11

N. Garg

Nodule nitrogen fixation and N-assimilation in desi and kabuli cultivars of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under salt stress

11.12

E.K. James

Infection of Mimosa spp. By Ralstonia taiwanensis

11.13

K. Khavazi

Effects of carrier, sterilisation method, and incubation on survival of Bradyrhizobium japonicum in soybean inoculants

11.14

A.E. Kollarus

Biofertiliser production from municipal wastes

11.15

L.M. Martínez

Diazotrophic bacteria associated with banana (Musa spp.)

11.16

V. Milic

Nitrogen fixation potential of some soybean and bean genotypes

11.17

B. Mouhsine

Diversity of Rhizobium isolates nodulating Phaseolus vulgaris L. in Moroccan soils differing by their pH and salt characteristics

11.18

N. Mrkovački

Effect of direct application of Azotobacter chroococcum to the soil planted to sugarbeet

11.19

M.N.A. Omar

Biodiversity of B. polymyxa colonizing soil and roots of wheat: serological diversity and possible manipulation in biofertilization

11.20

A. Omokanye

Effects of alternative cropping system practices and N fertiliser rates on corn (Zea mays) production and N recovery

11.21

D. Prévost

Symbiotic effectiveness of S. meliloti inoculants produced in waste water sludge on alfalfa grown in sludge-amended soils

11.22

N.A. Provorov

Rhizobia population in plant soil ecosystem: fate of mutants with an altered ex planta survival

11.23

H.A. Rahmani

Strain selection and inoculant production for soybean in warm regions of Iran

11.24

C. Silva

Rhizobium etli and Rhizobium gallicum nodulate common bean in a traditionally managed milpa plot in Mexico: population genetics and biogeographic implications

11.25

B.V. Simarov

Sinorhizobium isolates from the salt-affected Aral Sea basin

11.26

K.H.A. Tchos

Nodulation of legumes in Cameroon

11.27

A.K. Tripathi

Ralstonia taiwanensis: a nitrogen fixing symbiont of β-subclass of proteobacteria isolated from nodules of Indian Mimosa pudica

11.28

C. Vargas

Nitrogen fixation under extreme environmental conditions by using osmoprotection genes to generate stress-resistant rhizobia and legume plants

11.29

A. Wahbi

Role of leguminous on phosphorus status in a field experiment

11.30

H.H. Zahran

Salinity effects on growth and N₂ fixation of Melilotus indicus and Lotus corniculatus

11.31

M.N. Gitonga

Effects on intercropping or soil amendment with cattle manure and rock phosphate on nodulation, growth and nitrogen fixation in Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.

11.32

J.B. Jaftha

Characterisation of pigmented methylotrophic bacteria which nodulate Lotononis bainesii

11.33

R. Serraj

Biological nitrogen fixation for increased crop productivity, enhanced human health and sustained soil fertility: towards a challenge program on BNF

11.34

A. El-Sadek

Using denitrification process as a nitrogen fixation tool to reduce nitrate-nitrogen leaching from artificially drained soils

11.35

J. J Le Roux

The diversity of rhizobia associated with Lotononis species in South Africa as determined by sodium dodecyl-sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE)

12.1

F. Bastian

Resistance to H₂O₂ in SOD deficient mutant from Sinorhizobium meliloti

12.2

L. Bolanos

Binding of lectin-like glycoprotein PsNLEC-1 and the peribacteroid membrane to the cell surface of Rhizobium leguminosarum. Effects of boron deficiency

12.3

L.A. Charypova

Sinorhizobium meliloti acpXL mutant lacks the long fatty acid moiety of lipid A and does not express smooth LPS.

12.4

W.J. Deakin

Further characterisation of the NGR234 type III secretion system

12.5

A.S. Fortunato

Chitinase gene expression in actinorhizal nodules of Casuarina glauca

12.6

S. Goormachtig

Plasticity in the way Azorhizobium caulinodans enters Sesbania rostrata: crack entry versus root hair curling

12.7

S. Gucciardo

Transient expression of legume cell wall glycoprotein in tobacco leaves

12.8

M. Janczarek

Transcriptional activity of the pssB – pssA genes of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii

12.9

E.L. Kannenberg

Rhizobium lipopolysaccharide and cell surface hydrophobicity properties in bean and pea nodule development

12.10

P. Müller

A novel gene bank of Bradyrhizobium japonicum; functional proof of extracytoplasmic proteins by phage display

12.11

Y. Okon

Molecular microbial ecology of bacterial populations in the rhizosphere of maize (Zea mays) as affected by Azospirillum inoculation

12.12

Y. Okon

Isolation of genes involved in Poly ß-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) metabolism and stress endurance in Azospirillum brasilense

12.13

E.A. Rathbun

Infection threads contain a new class of extensin-like glycoproteins

12.14

M.M. Sikorski

Comprehensive analysis of yellow lupine PR-10 proteins

12.15

V.A. Voroshilova

Evidence of interaction of Sym2 and Sym38 genes during pea (Pisum sativum L.) root nodule development