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isolation of Acetobacter diazotrophicus and Herbaspirillum spp. from Indian sugarcane varieties. Biol. Fertil. Soils 29:157–164
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35:231–245
20 The Diazotroph as an Endophyte and How a Diazotroph Interacts with Its. . .
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plant values: diversity, colonization and benefits from endophytic bacteria. Front Microbiol
8:2552
Liu Q, Luo L, Zheng L (2018) Lignins: biosynthesis and biological functions in plants. Int J Mol Sci
19:335
Malik KA, Mirza MS, Hassan U, Mehnaz S, Rasul G, Haurat J, Bally R, Normand P (2002) The
role of plant-associated beneficial bacteria in rice–wheat cropping system. In: Kennedy IR,
Choudhury ATMA (eds) Biofertilisers in action. Rural Industries Research and Development
Corporation, Canberra, pp 73–83
Martin-Moldes Z, Zamarro MT, Del Cerro C, Valencia A, Gomez MJ, Arcas A, Udaondo Z, Garcia
JL, Nogales J, Carmona M et al (2015) Whole-genome analysis of Azoarcus sp. strain CIB
provides genetic insights to its different lifestyles and predicts novel metabolic features. Syst
Appl Microbiol 38:462–471
Martinez-Gil M, Yousef-Coronado F, Espinosa-Urgel M (2010) LapF, the second largest Pseudomonas putida protein, contributes to plant root colonization and determines biofilm architecture.
Mol Microbiol 77:549–561
Matiru VN, Dakora FD (2004) Potential use of rhizobial bacteria as promoters of plant growth for
increased yield in land races of African cereal crops. Afric. J Biotech. 3:1–7
Matiru V, Thomson J (1998) Can Acetobacter diazotrophicus be used as a growth promoter for
cofee, tea, and banana plants? In: Dakora FD (ed) Proceedings of the 8th congress of the African
association of biological nitrogen fixation. University of Cape Town, Cape Town, pp 129–130
Matthews SS, Sparkes DL, Bullard MJ (2001) The response of wheat to inoculation with the
diazotroph Azorhizobium caulinodans. Aspects Appl Biol 63:35–42
Meneses CH, Rouws LF, Simões-Araújo JL, Vidal MS, Baldani JI (2011) Exopolysaccharide
production is required for biofilm formation and plant colonization by the nitrogen-fixing
endophyte Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. 24:1448–1458
Michiels K, Croes CL, Vanderleyden J (1991) Two different modes of attachment of Azospirillum
brasilense Sp7 to wheat roots. J. Gen. Microbiol. 137:2241–2246
Miethke M, Marahiel MA (2007) Siderophore based iron acquisition and pathogen control.
Microbiol. Mole. Biol. Rev. 71:413–451. https://doi.org/10.1128/MMBR.00012-07
Mirza MS, Rasul G, Mehnaz S, Ladha JK, So RB, Ali S, Malik KA (2000) Beneficial effects of
inoculated nitrogen-fixing bacteria on rice. In: Ladha JK, Reddy PM (eds) The quest for nitrogen
fixation in rice. International Rice Research Institute, Los Banõs, pp 191–204
Mishustin EN, Emtsev VT, Lockmacheva RA (1983) Anaerobic nitrogen-fixing microorganisms of
the Clostridium genus and their activity in soil. Biology Bulletin 9:548–558
Miter B, Petric A, Shin MW, Chain PSG, Hauberg-Lote L, Reinhold-Hurek B, Nowak J, Sessitsch
A (2013) Comparative genome analysis of Burkholderia phytoirmans PsJN reveals a wide
spectrum of endophytic lifestyles based on interaction strategies with host plants. Front Plant Sci
4(120):1–15
Monteiro RA, Balsanelli E, Tuleski T, Faoro H, Cruz LM, Wassem R, de Baura VA, Tadra-Sfeir
MZ, Weiss V, WD DR et al (2012) Genomic comparison of the endophyte Herbaspirillum
seropedicae SmR1 and the phytopathogen Herbaspirillum rubrisubalbicans M1 by suppressive
subtractive hybridization and partial genome sequencing. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 80:441–451
Moulin L, Munive A, Dreyfus B, Boivin-Masson C (2001) Nodulation of legumes by members of
the b-subclass of proteobacteria. Nature (London, UK) 411:948–950
Muthukumarasamy R, Revathi G, Lakshminarasimhan C (1999a) Diazotrophic associations in
sugarcane cultivation in South India. Trop Agric 76:171–178
Muthukumarasamy R, Revathi G, Lakshminarasimhan C (1999b) Influence of N fertilisation on the
isolation of Acetobacter diazotrophicus and Herbaspirillum spp. from Indian sugarcane varieties. Biol. Fertil. Soils 29:157–164
Nguyen TH, Deaker R, Kennedy IR, Roughley RJ (2003) The positive yield response of fieldgrown rice to inoculation with a multistrain biofertiliser in the Hanoi area, Vietnam. Symbiosis
35:231–245
20 The Diazotroph as an Endophyte and How a Diazotroph Interacts with Its. . .
419