Publications

Recent Poole Group publications

  • Haskett, T. L., Geddes, B. A., Paramasivan, P.,  Green, P., Chitnavis, S.,  Mendes, M. D., Jorrín, B., Knights, H. E., Bastholm, T. R.,  Ramsay, J. P., Oldroyd, G. E. D. & Poole, P. S. (2023) Rhizopine biosensors for plant-dependent control of bacterial gene expression. Environmental Microbiology, 25:383-96. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16288
  • Tkacz, A., Ledermann, R., Martyn, A., Schornack, S., Oldroyd, G. E. D. & Poole, P. S. (2022) Nodulation and nitrogen fixation in Medicago truncatula strongly alters the abundance of its root microbiota and subtly affects its structure. Environmental Microbiology, 24:5524-33. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16164
  • Pardo-Diaz, J., Poole, P. S., Beguerisse-Díaz, M., Deane, C. M. & Reinert, G. (2022) Generating weighted and thresholded gene coexpression networks using signed distance correlation. Network Science, 10:131-45. https://doi.org/10.1017/nws.2022.13
  • Haskett, T.L., Karunakaran, R., Bueno Batista, M., Dixon, R. & Poole, P.S. (2022) Control of nitrogen fixation and ammonium excretion in Azorhizobium caulinodans. PLoS Genetics. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010276
  • Pardo-Diaz, J., Beguerisse-Díaz, M., Poole, P.S., Deane, C. M. & Reinert, G. (2022) Extracting Information from Gene Coexpression Networks of Rhizobium leguminosarum. Journal of Computational Biology, 29:752-68. https://doi.org/10.1089/cmb.2021.0600
  • Haskett, T.L., Paramasivan, P., Mendes, M.D., Green, P., Geddes B.A., Knights, H.E., Jórrin, B., Ryu, M-H., Brett, P., Voigt, C., Oldroyd, G.E.D. & Poole, P.S. (2022) Engineered plant control of associative nitrogen fixation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2117465119
  • Schulte, C. C. M., Ramachandran, V. K., Papachristodoulou, A. & Poole, P. S. (2022) Genome-Scale Metabolic Modelling of Lifestyle Changes in Rhizobium leguminosarum. mSystems https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00975-21
  • Poole, P.S & Ledermann R. (2022) Maintaining osmotic balance in legume nodules. J. Exp. Bot., 73:8–10. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erab425
  • Crang, N, Boorah, K., James, E. K., Jórrin, B., Green, P., Tkacz, A., East, A. K. & Poole, P. S. (2021) Role and Regulation of Poly-3-Hydroxybutyrate in Nitrogen Fixation in Azorhizobium caulinodans. MPMI https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-06-21-0138-R
  • Jiang S., Jardinaud M-.F., Gao J., Pecrix Y., Wen J., Mysore K., Xu P., Sánchez-Cañizares, C., Ruan Y., Li Q., Zhu M., Li F., Wang E., Poole P. S., Gamas P. & Murray J. D. (2021) NIN-like protein transcription factors regulate leghemoglobin genes in legume nodules. Science, 374:6625-628.  DOI: 10.1126/science.abg5945
  • Spitzer, S. O., Tkacz, A., Savignac, H. M., Cooper, M., Giallourou, N., Mann, E. O., Bannerman, D. M., Swann, J. R., Anthony, D. C., Poole, P. S. & Burnet, P. W. J. (2021) Postnatal prebiotic supplementation in rats affects adult anxious behaviour, hippocampus, electrophysiology, metabolomics, and gut microbiota. iScience https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.103113
  • Webb, I. U. C., Xu, J., Sánchez-Cañizares, C., Karunakaran, R., Ramachandran, V. K., Rutten, P. J., East, A. K., Huang, W., Watmough, N. J. & Poole, P. S. (2021) Regulation and characterization of mutants of fixABCX in Rhizobium leguminosarum. MPMI https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-02-21-0037-R
  • Aroney, S. T. N., Poole, P. S. & Sánchez-Cañizares, C. (2021) Rhizobial Chemotaxis and Motility Systems at Work in the Soil. Frontiers in Plant Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.725338
  • Jórrin, B., Maluk, M., Atoliya, N., Charan Kumar, S., Chalasani, D., Tkacz, A., Singh, P., Basu, A., Pullabhotla, S. V., Kumar, M., Mohanty, S. R., East, A. K., Ramachandran, V. K., James, E. K.,  Podile, A.R., Saxena, A. K., Rao, D. L. N. & Poole, P. S. (2021) Genomic Diversity of Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.) Endosymbionts in India and Selection of Potential Strains for Use as Agricultural Inoculants. Frontiers in Plant Science  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.680981
  • Mendoza-Suárez, M., Andersen, S. U., Poole, P. S. & Sánchez-Cañizares, C. (2021) Competition, Nodule Occupancy, and Persistence of Inoculant Strains: Key Factors in Rhizobium-Legume Symbioses. Frontiers in Plant Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.690567
  • Schulte, C. C. M., Borah, K., Wheatley, R. M., Terpolilli, J. J., Saalbach, G, Crang, N., de Groot, D., Ratcliffe, R. G., Kruger, N. J., Papachristodoulou, A. & Poole, P. S. (2021) Metabolic control of nitrogen fixation in rhizobium-legume symbiosis. Science Advances 7:eabh2433  https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/sciadv.abh2433
  • Chalasani, D., Basu, A., Pullabhotla, S. V., Jórrin, B., Neal, A., Poole, P. S., Podile, A.R. & Tkacz, A. (2021) Poor Competitiveness of Bradyrhizobium in Pigeon Pea Root Colonization in Indian Soils. mBio https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00423-21
  • Haskett, T. L., Knights, H. E., Jórrin, B, Mendes, M. D. & Poole, P. S. (2021) A Simple in situ Assay to Assess Plant-Associative Bacterial Nitrogenase Activity. Front. Microbiol. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.690439
  • Westhoek, A., Clark, L. J., Culbert, M., Dalchau, N., Griffiths, M., Jórrin, B., Karunakaran, R., Ledermann, R., Tkacz, A.,Webb, I., James, E. K., Poole, P. S. & Turnbull, L. A. (2021) Conditional sanctioning in a legume–Rhizobium mutualism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 118:e2025760118 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2025760118
  • Móring et al. (2021) Nitrogen Challenges and Opportunities for Agricultural and Environmental Science in India. Front. Sustain. Food Syst. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.505347
  • Ledermann, R., Schulte, C. C. M. & Poole, P. S. (2021) How bacteria adapt to the nodule environment. J. Bact. https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.00539-20
  • Pardo-Diaz, J., Bozhilova, L. V.,  Beguerisse-Díaz, M., Poole, P. S., Deane, C. M. & Reinert G. (2021) Robust gene coexpression networks using signed distance correlation. Bioinformatics https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btab041
  • Knights, H. E., Jorrín, B., Haskett, T. L. & Poole, P. S. (2021) Deciphering bacterial mechanisms of root colonization. Environmental Microbiology Reports https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12934
  • Raittz, R. T., Reginatto De Pierri, C., Maluk, M., Bueno Batista, M., Carmona, M., Junghare, M., Faoro, H., Cruz, L. M., Battistoni, F., d’Souza, E., Pedrosa F. dO, Chen W.-M., Poole, P. S., Dixon, R. A. & James,  E. K.. (2021) Comparative Genomics Provides Insights into the Taxonomy of Azoarcus and Reveals Separate Origins of Nif Genes in the Proposed Azoarcus and Aromatoleum Genera. Genes, 12:71 https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12010071
  • Rutten, P. J., Steel, H., Hood, G. A., Ramachandran, V. K., McMurty, L., Geddes, B. A., Papachristodoulou, A. & Poole, P. S. (2021) Multiple sensors provide spatiotemporal oxygen regulation of gene expression in a Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. PLoS Genetics https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009099
  • Haskett, T., Tkacz, A. & Poole, P. S. (2020) Engineering Bacteria for Sustainable Agriculture.ISME J. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-00835-4
  • Wheatley, R. M., Ford, B. L., Li, L., Aroney, S. T. N., Knights, H. E., Ledermann, R., East, A. K., Ramachandran, V. K. & Poole P. S. (2020) Lifestyle adaptations of Rhizobium from rhizosphere to symbiosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 117:23823-23834. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2009094117
  • Tkacz, A. & Poole P. S. (2020) The dark and dirty secrets of plant growth. Plants, People, Planet https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10167
  • Rubia, M.I., Ramachandran, V.K., Arrese-Igor, C., Larrainzar, E. & Poole, P. S. (2020) A novel biosensor to monitor proline in pea root exudates and nodules under osmotic stress and recovery. Plant Soil https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04577-2
  • Sánchez-Cañizares, C., Prell, J., Pini, F., Rutten, P., Kraxner, K., Wynands, B., Karunakaran, R. & Poole, P. S. (2020) Global control of bacterial nitrogen and carbon metabolism by a PTSNtr-regulated switch. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 12;117:10234-10245. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1917471117
  • Mendoza-Suárez, M. A., Geddes, B. A., Sánchez-Cañizares, C., Ramírez-González, R. H., Kirchhelle, C., Jorrin, B. & Poole, P. S. (2020) Optimizing Rhizobium-legume symbioses by simultaneous measurement of rhizobial competitiveness and N2 fixation in nodules. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 5;117:9822-9831. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1921225117
  • Tkacz, A., Pini, F., Turner, T. R., Bestion, E.,  Simmonds J., Howell P., Greenland, A., Cheema, J., Emms, D. M., Uauy, C. & Poole, P. S. (2020) Agricultural Selection of Wheat Has Been Shaped by Plant-Microbe Interactions. Front. Microbiol. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00132
  • Tkacz, A., Bestion, E.,  Bo, Z., Hortala, M. & Poole, P. S. (2020) Influence of Plant Fraction, Soil, and Plant Species on Microbiota: a Multikingdom Comparison. mBio https://mbio.asm.org/content/11/1/e02785-19
  • Ryu, M-H., Zhang, J., Toth, T., Khokhani, D., Geddes, B.A., Mus, F., Garcia-Costas, A., Peters, J.W., Poole, P.S., Ané J.-M. & Voigt, C.A. (2019) Control of nitrogen fixation in bacteria that associate with cereals. Nature Microbiology https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0631-2 
  • Rutten, P.J. & Poole, P.S. (2019) Oxygen regulatory mechanisms of nitrogen fixation in rhizobia. Advances in Microbial Physiology, 75:325-389. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.ampbs.2019.08.001
  • Geddes, B.A., Paramasivan, P., Joffrin, A., Thompson, A.L., Christensen, K., Jorrin, B., Brett, P., Conway, S.J., Oldroyd, G.E.D. & Poole, P.S. (2019) Engineering transkingdom signalling in plants to control gene expression in rhizosphere bacteria. Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10882-x 
  • Green, R.T., East, A.K., Karunakaran, R., Downie, J.A. & Poole, P.S. (2019) Transcriptomic analysis of Rhizobium leguminosarum bacteroids in determinate and indeterminate nodules. Microbial Genetics doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000254.
  • Geddes, B.A., Mendoza Suárez, M.A. & Poole, P.S. (2019) A Bacterial Expression Vector Archive (BEVA) for Flexible Modular Assembly of Golden Gate-Compatible Vectors. Frontiers in Micobiology doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.03345.
  • Tkacz, A., Hortola, M. & Poole, P.S. (2018) Absolute quantitation of microbiota abundance in environmental samples. Microbiome. 6:110
  • Haskett, T. L., Terpolilli, J.J., Ramachandran, V.K.,  Verdonk, C.J., Poole, P.S., O’Hara, G.W. & Ramsay, J.P. (2018) Sequential induction of three recombination directionality factors directs assembly of tripartite integrative and conjugative elements. PLoS Genet 14(3): e1007292.
  • Wheatley, R.M. & Poole, P.S. (2018) Mechanisms of bacterial attachment to roots. FEMS Microbiology Reviews 42:448-461.
  • Poole, P.S., Ramachandran, V.K. & Terpolilli, J. (2018) Rhizobia: from saprophytes to endosymbionts. Nature Reviews Microbiology 16:291-303.
  • Sanchez-Cañizares, C., Jorrín, B., Poole P. & Tkacz, A. (2017) Understanding the holobiont: the interdependence of plants and their microbiome. Current Opinion in Microbiology 38:188-196.
  • Xu, J., Webb, I., Poole, P. & Huang, W.E. (2017) Label-Free Discrimination of Rhizobial Bacteroids and Mutants by Single-Cell Raman Microspectroscopy. Analytical Chemistry 89(12):6336-6340.
  • Hood, G., Ramachandran, V.K., East, A.K., Downie, J.A. & Poole, P.S. (2017) Manganese transport is essential for N2 -fixation by Rhizobium leguminosarum in bacteroids from galegoid but not phaseoloid nodules. Environmental Microbiology doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13773
  • Pini, F., East, A.K., Appia-Ayme, C., Tomek, J.,  Karunakaran, R., Mendoza-Suárez, M., Edwards, A., Terpolilli, J., Roworth, J., Downie, J.A. & Poole, P.S. (2017) Lux bacterial biosensors for in vivo spatiotemporal mapping of root secretion. Plant Physiology 174: 1289-1306.
  • Westhoek, A, Field E., Rehling, F., Mulley, G., Webb, I., Poole, P.S. & Turnbull, L.A. (2017) Policing the legume-Rhizobium symbiosis: a critical test of partner choice. Scientific Reports 7: 1419 doi:10.1038/s41598-017-01634-2.
  • Poole, P.S. (2017) Shining a light on the dark world of plant root-microbe interactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 114: 4281-4283.
  • Cheng, G., Karunakaran, R., East, A.K., Munoz-Azcarte, O. & Poole, P.S. (2017) Glutathione affects the transport activity of Rhizobium leguminosarum 3841 and is essential for efficient nodulation. FEMS Microbiology Letters 364 (8): fnx045.
  • Wheatley, R.M., Ramachandran, V.K., Geddes, B.A., Perry, B.J., Yost, C.K. & Poole, P.S. (2017) Role of O2 in the Growth of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv, viciae 3841 on Glucose and Succinate. J. Bacteriol. 199 (1) doi:10.1128/JB.00572-16.
  • Terpolilli, J.J, Masakapalli, S.K., Karunakaran, R., Webb, I.U., Green, R., Watmough, N.J., Kruger, N.J., Ratcliffe, R.G. & Poole, P.S. (2016) Lipogenesis and Redox Balance in Nitrogen-Fixing Pea Bacteroids. J. Bacteriol. 198(20):2864-75. doi: 10.1128/JB.00451-16.
  • Mus, F., Crook, M., Garcia, K., Garcia-Costas, A., Geddes, B., Diamanto Kouri, E., Paramasivan, P., Ryu, M-H., Oldroyd, G., Poole, P., Udvardi, M., Voigt, C., Ané, J-M. & Peters, J. (2106) Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and Challenges to Extending it to Non-Legumes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/AEM.01055-16.
  • Cheng, G., Karunakaran, R., East, A.K. & Poole, P.S. (2016) Multiplicity of Sulfate and Molybdate Transporters and Their Role in Nitrogen Fixation in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae Rlv3841. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. 29:143-52.
  • Prell, J., Poole, P., Untiet, V. & Karunakaran, R. (2015) The PTS-Ntr System Globally Regulates ATP-Dependent Transporters in Rhizobium leguminosarum. In Biologiacal Nitrogen Fixation Vol 1, Ed. F. J. de Bruijn, John Wiley & Sons Inc.pp 349-355.
  • Hood, G., Karunakaran, R., Downie, J.A. & Poole, P. (2015)  MgtE From Rhizobium leguminosarum Is a Mg2+ Channel Essential for Growth at Low pH and N2 Fixation on Specific Plants. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. 28:1281-1287.
  • Tkacz, A. & Poole, P. (2015) Role of root microbiota in plant productivity. J. Exp. Bot. 66 (8): 2167-2175. This article appears in: Special Issue: Roots to Global Food Security
  • Tkacz, A., Cheema, J., Chandra, G., Grant, A. & Poole, P. S. (2015) Stability and succession of the rhizosphere microbiota depends upon plant type and soil composition. The ISME Journal doi:10.1038/ismej.2015.41
  • Geddes, B.A., Ryu, M-H., Mus, F., Garcia Costas, A., Peters, J.W., Voigt, C.A. &  Poole, P. (2015) Use of plant colonizing bacteria as chassis for transfer of N2-fixation to cereals. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 32: 216-222.
  • Garcia-Fraile, P., Seaman, J.C., Karunakaran, R., Edwards, A., Poole, P.S. & Downie, J.A. (2015) Arabinose and protocatechuate catabolism genes are important for growth of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae in the pea rhizosphere. Plant and Soil 390: 251-264.
  • Frederix, M., Edwards, A., Swiderska, A., Stanger, A., Karunakaran, R., Williams, A., Abbruscato, P., Sanchez-Contreras, M., Poole, P.S. & Downie, J.A. (2014) Mutation of praR in Rhizobium leguminosarum enhances root biofilms, improving nodulation competitiveness by increased expression of attachment proteins. Molecular Microbiology 93: 464-78.
  • Tett, A.J., Karunakaran, R. & Poole, P.S. (2014) Characterisation of SalRAB a salicylic acid inducible positively regulated efflux system of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv viciae 3841. PLoS One 9(8):e103647.
  • Terpolilli, J., Rui, T., Yates, R., Howieson, J., Poole, P., Munk, C., Tapia, R., Han, C., Markowitz, V., Tatiparthi, R., Mavrommatis, K., Ivanova, N., Pati, A., Goodwin, L., Woyke, T., Kyrpides, N. & Reeve, W. (2013) Genome sequence of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv trifolii strain WSM1689, the microsymbiont of the one flowered clover Trifolium uniflorum. Standards in Genomic Science 31;9(3): 527-39.
  • Turner, T.R., Karunakaran, R., Walshaw, J., Heavens, D., Alston, M., Swarbreck,D., Osbourn, A., Grant, A. & Poole, P.S. (2013) Comparative metatranscriptomics reveals kingdom level changes in the rhizosphere microbiome of plants. The ISME Journal 7: 2248-2258.
  • Karunakaran, R., East, A.K. & Poole, P.S. (2013) Malonate catabolism does not drive nitrogen fixation in legume nodules. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79 (14): 4496-4498.
  • Untiet, V., Karunakaran, R., Maria Krämer, M., Poole, P., Priefer, U. & Prell, J. (2013) ABC transport is inactivated by the PTSNtr under potassium limitation in Rhizobium leguminosarum 3841. PLoS One 8(5):e64682.
  • Turner, T.R, James, E.K. & Poole, P.S. (2013) The plant microbiome. Genome Biology 14: 209-218.
  • Udvardi, M. & Poole, P.S. (2013). Transport and Metabolism in Legume Root Nodules. Annual Review of Plant Biology 64: 781-805.
  • Zhang, Y., Aono, T., Poole, P. & Finan, T.M. (2012) NAD(P)+-malic enzyme mutants of Sinorhizobium sp. strain NGR234, but not Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571, maintain symbiotic N2 fixation capabilities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78: 2803-2812.
  • Tett, A.J., Rudder, S.J., Bourdes, A., Karunakaran, R. & Poole, P.S. (2012) Regulatable vectors for environmental gene expression in Alphaproteobacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78: 7137-7140.
  • Bourdès, A., Rudder, S., East, A.K. & Poole, P.S. (2012) Mining the Sinorhizobium meliloti transportome to identify FRET biosensors for sugars, dicarboxylates and aromatic compounds. PLoS One 7 (9) e43578.
  • Tett, A., Turner, T. & Poole, P.S. (2012). Genomics and the Rhizosphere. Encyclopaedia of Life Sciences inivited review DOI:10.1002/9780470015902.a0023728
  • Terpolilli, J., Hood, G. & Poole, P.S. (2012). What determines the efficiency of N2-fixing Rhizobium-legume symbioses? Advances in Microbial Physiology 60: 326-389.
  • Prell, J., Mulley, G., Haufe, F., White, J.P., Williams, A., Karunakaran, R., Downie, J.A. & Poole P.S. (2012) The PTSNtr system globally regulates ATP-dependent transporters in Rhizobium leguminosarum. Molecular Microbiology 84:117-129.
  • Ramachandran, V., East, A.K., Karunakaran, R., Downie, J.A. & Poole, P.S. (2011) Adaptation of Rhizobium leguminosarum to pea, alfalfa and sugar beet rhizospheres investigated by comparative transcriptomics. Genome Biology 12:R106.
  • Oldroyd, G.E.D., Murray, J.D., Poole, P.S. & Downie, J.A. (2011). The rules of engagement in the legume-rhizobial symbiosis. Annual Review of Genetics 45: 119-144.
  • Mulley, G., White, J.P., Karunakaran, R., Prell, J., Bourdès, A., Bunnewell, S., Hill, L., Chandra, G. & Poole, P. S. (2011) Mutation of GOGAT prevents pea bacteroid formation and N2 fixation by globally down-regulating transport of organic nitrogen sources. Molecular Microbiology 80: 149-167.
  • Prell, J., Bourdès, A., Kumar, S., Lodwig, E., Hosie, A., Kinghorn, S., White, J. & Poole, P.S. (2010) Role of symbiotic auxotrophy in the Rhizobium-legume symbioses. PLoS One 5(11):e13933.
  • Karunakaran, R., Haag, A.F., East, A.K., Ramachandran, V.K., Prell, J., James, E.K., Scocchi, M., Ferguson, G.P. & Poole, P.S. (2010) BacA is essential for bacteroid development in nodules of galegoid, but not phaseoloid, legumes. Journal of Bacteriology 192: 2920-2928.
  • Prell, J., White, J.P., Bourdès, A., Bunnewell, S., Bongaerts, R.J. & P. S. Poole (2009) Legumes regulate Rhizobium bacteroid development and persistence by the supply of branched-chain amino acids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 106, 12477-12482.
  • Karunakaran, R., Ramachandran, V.K., Seaman, J.C., East, A.K., Moushine, B., Mauchline, T.H., Prell, J., Skeffington, A. & Poole, P.S. (2009) Transcriptomic analysis of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae in symbiosis with host plants Pisum sativum and Vicia cracca. Journal of Bacteriology 191, 4002-4014.
  • Mulley, G. Lopez-Gomez, M., Zhang, Y., Terpolilli, J., Prell, J., Finan, T. & Poole, P.S (2010) Pyruvate is synthesized by two pathways in pea bacteroids with different efficiencies for nitrogen fixation. Journal of Bacteriology 192: 4944-4953.
  • Prell, J.P., Bourdès, A., Karunakaran, R., Lopez-Gomes, M. & Poole, P. (2009) Pathway of GABA metabolism in Rhizobium leguminosarum 3841 and its role in symbiosis. Journal of Bacteriology 191, 2177-2186.
  • East, A.K., Mauchline, T.H. & Poole, P.S. (2008) Biosensors for ligand detection. Advances in Applied Microbiology 64,137-166.
  • White, J.P., Prell, J., Ramachandran, V.K. & Poole P.S. (2009) Characterization of a GABA transport system of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv viciae 3841. Journal of Bacteriology 191, 1547-1555.
  • Fox, M.A., Karunkaran, R., Leonard, M.E., Moushine, B., Williams, A., East, A.K., Downie, J.A. & Poole, P.S. (2008) Characterisation of the quaternary amine transporters of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae 3841. FEMS Microbiology Letters 287, 212-220.
  • Barr, M, East A.K., Leonard, M., Mauchline, T. & Poole, P.S. (2008) In vivo expression technology (IVET) selection of genes of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae A34 expressed in the rhizosphere. FEMS Microbiology Letters 282, 219-227.
  • White, J., Prell, J., James, E.K. and Poole, P. (2007) Nutrient sharing between symbionts. Plant Physiology 144, 604-614.
  • Mauchline, T.H., Fowler, J.E., East, A.K., Sartor, A.L., Zaheer, R., Hosie, A.H.F., Poole, P.S. & Finan, T. M. (2006) Mapping the Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 solute binding protein-dependent transportome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 103, 17933-17938.
  • Karunakaran, R., Ebert, K., Harvey, S., Leonard, M.E., Ramachandran, V. & Poole, P.S. (2006) Thiamine is synthesized by a salvage pathway in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv viciae strain 3841. Journal of Bacteriology 188, 6661-6668.
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