Rhizobial motility preference in root colonization of Medicago truncatula
Anaïs Delers, Anne Bennion, Ambre Guillory, Lisa Francès, Elizaveta Krol, Fanny Bonnafous, Lauréna Medioni, Javier Serranía, Rémi Peyraud, Joëlle Fournier, Fernanda de Carvalho‐Niebel, Anke Becker
This study investigates how rhizobia move within root infection threads using modeling, imaging, and mutant analysis, finding that flagella-independent surface translocation and rhizobactin 1021 secretion are key for colonization.
New Phytologist · Jan 15, 2026Peer-reviewedPlant Biology