Ecology and Evolution of Rhizobia

Dr. Wen Xin Chen, Dr. Wen Feng Chen and Dr. Chang Fu Tian currently work at the College of Biological Sciences and Rhizobium Research Center, China Agricultural University. Dr. Wen Xin Chen was elected into the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2001. Dr. Wen Xin Chen and Dr. Chang Fu Tian are members of the ICSP Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Rhizobia and Agrobacteria. Dr. En Tao Wang works at the Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico. Dr. J Peter W Young is an Emeritus Professor of Molecular Ecology at the University of York. He is the Chairman of the ICSP Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Rhizobia and Agrobacteria.

Preface.- Chapter 1. Symbiosis between rhizobia and legumes.- Chapter 2. History of rhizobial taxonomy.- Chapter 3. Current Systematics of rhizobia.- Chapter 4. Genomics and evolution of rhizobia.- Chapter 5. Symbiosis genes: diversity and organization.- Chapter 6. Evolution of symbiosis genes: Vertical and horizontal gene transfer.- Chapter 7. Diversity of interactions between rhizobia and legumes.- Chapter 8. Geographical distribution of rhizobia.- Chapter 9. Environmental determinants of biogeography of rhizobia.- Chapter 10. Effects of host plants on biogeography of rhizobia.- Chapter 11. Rhizobial genomics and biogeography.- Chapter 12. Current status of rhizobial inoculants.- Chapter 13. Screening for effective rhizobia.- Chapter 14. Usage of rhizobial inoculants in agriculture.- Chapter 15. Rhizobial activity beyond nitrogen fixation.- Chapter 16. Working on the taxonomy, biodiversity, ecology and evolution of rhizobia.- Index.- Acknowledgments.