Cyclic di-GMP signaling controlling the free-living lifestyle of alpha-proteobacterial rhizobia.

Elizaveta Krol, Simon Schäper, Anke Becker

Biological chemistry 2020 Nov 26

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Cyclic-di-GMP (c-di-GMP) is a ubiquitous bacterial second messenger which has been associated with a motile to sessile lifestyle switch in many bacteria. Here, we review recent insights into c-di-GMP regulated processes related to environmental adaptations in alphaproteobacterial rhizobia, which are diazotrophic bacteria capable of fixing nitrogen in symbiosis with their leguminous host plants. The review centers on Sinorhizobium meliloti, which in the recent years was intensively studied for its c-di-GMP regulatory network.

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Elizaveta Krol, Simon Schäper, Anke Becker. Cyclic di-GMP signaling controlling the free-living lifestyle of alpha-proteobacterial rhizobia. Biological chemistry. 2020 Nov 26;401(12):1335-1348