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ArticleThe New phytologist2026

Rhizobial motility preference in root colonization of Medicago truncatula.

Anaïs Delers, Anne Bennion, Ambre Guillory, Lisa Frances, Elizaveta Krol, Fanny Bonnafous, Laurena Medioni, Javier Serrania, Rémi Peyraud, Joëlle Fournier and 2 more

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Article in The New phytologist, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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12 authors.

Anaïs Delers *LIPME, INRAE, CNRS, Université de Toulouse, 31320, Castanet-Tolosan, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9289-465X
Anne Bennion *LIPME, INRAE, CNRS, Université de Toulouse, 31320, Castanet-Tolosan, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8049-3081
Ambre GuilloryLIPME, INRAE, CNRS, Université de Toulouse, 31320, Castanet-Tolosan, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5836-4582
Lisa FrancesLIPME, INRAE, CNRS, Université de Toulouse, 31320, Castanet-Tolosan, France.
Elizaveta KrolCenter for Synthetic Microbiology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 35032, Marburg, Germany.
Fanny BonnafousiMEAN, 31077, Toulouse, France.
Laurena MedioniLRSV, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse INP, 31320, Castanet-Tolosan, France.
Javier SerraniaCenter for Synthetic Microbiology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 35032, Marburg, Germany.
Rémi PeyraudiMEAN, 31077, Toulouse, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7580-042X
Joëlle FournierLIPME, INRAE, CNRS, Université de Toulouse, 31320, Castanet-Tolosan, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3746-8080
Fernanda de Carvalho-NiebelLIPME, INRAE, CNRS, Université de Toulouse, 31320, Castanet-Tolosan, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5596-9420
Anke BeckerCenter for Synthetic Microbiology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 35032, Marburg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4561-9184

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR-10-LABX-4Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR-19-CE20-0026-01Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR-24-CE20-6206Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft BE 2121/9-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tunnel-like infection thread (IT) structures support root colonization by symbiotic nitrogen-fixing rhizobia bacteria in most legume species. These tip-grown structures are key to directing rhizobia from root hairs to developing nodules, where they are hosted to fix nitrogen. Rhizobia likely progress inside ITs by combining growth and motility by modes not yet defined. Here, we tackled this question by combining mathematical modeling, live cell imaging, and bacterial mutant phenotyping in Medicago truncatula. Modeling the motion of fluorescently-labeled Sinorhizobium meliloti inside root hair IT compartments estimated slow movement (2-6 μm h

Indexed as

Medicago truncatulaPlant RootsRhizobiumSinorhizobium melilotiModels, BiologicalMovementMutationPhenotypeRoot Nodules, PlantSymbiosisflagellainfection threadMedicago truncatulamotilityrhizobactinrhizobia

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PMID41540599
PMCPMC12961261

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