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Bacterial Infections

Studies from M. Charpentier and co-authors have provided new information about bacterial infections

Published in Health and Medicine Week, November 22nd, 2010

Data detailed in 'How close are we to nitrogen-fixing cereals' have been presented. "Engineering nitrogen-fixing cereals is essential for sustainable food production for the projected global population of 9 billion people in 2050. This process will require engineering cereals for nodule organogenesis and infection by nitrogen-fixing bacteria," scientists writing in the journal Current Opinion In Plant Biology report.

"The symbiosis signalling pathway is essential to establish both bacterial infection and nodule organogenesis in legumes and is also necessary for the establishment of mycorrhizal colonisation. Hence this signalling pathway is also present in cereals...

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