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Euan K. James is affiliated with the James Hutton Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant work in plant science, agronomy and crop science, ecology, molecular biology, and soil science.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Cassava research and cyanide

Several papers by or involving Euan K. James illustrate the diversity of this research:

  • Defining the Rhizobium leguminosarum Species Complex, 2021, Genes
  • Conditional sanctioning in a legume- Rhizobium mutualism, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The innovation of the symbiosome has enhanced the evolutionary stability of nitrogen fixation in legumes, 2022, New Phytologist
  • Distinct signaling routes mediate intercellular and intracellular rhizobial infection in Lotus japonicus, 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiotic Paraburkholderia Species: Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives, 2023, Nitrogen

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Marta Maluk (13 publications)
  • Eduardo Gross (10 publications)
  • Chrizelle W. Beukes (9 publications)
  • Sérgio Miana de Faria (8 publications)
  • J. Peter W. Young (7 publications)

Publication venues where Euan K. James has often contributed include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 7 publications
  • Plant and Soil with 6 publications
  • Systematic and Applied Microbiology with 4 publications
  • Nature Communications with 3 publications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal with 3 publications

Best Publications

  • The plant microbiome.

    Thomas R Turner;Euan K James;Philip S Poole

  • Nitrogen fixation in endophytic and associative symbiosis

    E.K. James

  • Infection and Colonization of Sugar Cane and Other Graminaceous Plants by Endophytic Diazotrophs

    Euan K. James;Fábio L. Olivares

  • The molecular network governing nodule organogenesis and infection in the model legume Lotus japonicus

    Lene H. Madsen;Leïla Tirichine;Leïla Tirichine;Anna Jurkiewicz;John T. Sullivan

  • Infection and Colonization of Rice Seedlings by the Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterium Herbaspirillum seropedicae Z67

    Euan K. James;Prasad Gyaneshwar;Natarajan Mathan;Wilfredo L. Barraquio

  • Endophytic Colonization of Rice by a Diazotrophic Strain of Serratia marcescens

    Prasad Gyaneshwar;Euan K. James;Natarajan Mathan;Pallavolu M. Reddy

  • A nucleoporin is required for induction of Ca2+ spiking in legume nodule development and essential for rhizobial and fungal symbiosis.

    Norihito Kanamori;Lene Heegaard Madsen;Simona Radutoiu;Mirela Frantescu

  • Legume-Nodulating Betaproteobacteria: Diversity, Host Range, and Future Prospects

    Prasad Gyaneshwar;Ann M Hirsch;Lionel Moulin;Wen-Ming Chen

  • Common Features of Environmental and Potentially Beneficial Plant-Associated Burkholderia

    Zulma Rocío Suárez-Moreno;Zulma Rocío Suárez-Moreno;Jesús Caballero-Mellado;Bruna G. Coutinho;Lucia Mendonça-Previato

  • Infection of sugar cane by the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Acetobacter diazotrophicus

    E.K. James;V.M. Reis;F.L. Olivares;J.I. Baldani

  • LysM domains mediate lipochitin–oligosaccharide recognition and Nfr genes extend the symbiotic host range

    Simona Radutoiu;Lene H Madsen;Esben B Madsen;Anna Jurkiewicz

  • Biogeography of nodulated legumes and their nitrogen-fixing symbionts

    Janet I. Sprent;Julie Ardley;Euan K. James

  • Molecular mechanisms of kinetochore capture by spindle microtubules

    Kozo Tanaka;Naomi Mukae;Hilary Dewar;Mark van Breugel

  • Burkholderia species are ancient symbionts of legumes

    Cyril Bontemps;Geoffrey N. Elliott;Marcelo F. Simon;Fábio B. Dos Reis Júnior

  • Legume Evolution: Where Do Nodules and Mycorrhizas Fit In?

    Janet I. Sprent;Euan K. James

  • The sulfate transporter SST1 is crucial for symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Lotus japonicus root nodules

    Lene Krusell;Katja Krause;Thomas Ott;Guilhem Desbrosses

  • Whole Genome Analyses Suggests that Burkholderia sensu lato Contains Two Additional Novel Genera (Mycetohabitans gen. nov., and Trinickia gen. nov.): Implications for the Evolution of Diazotrophy and Nodulation in the Burkholderiaceae.

    Paulina Estrada-de los Santos;Marike Palmer;Belén Chávez-Ramírez;Chrizelle Winsie Beukes

  • Burkholderia phymatum is a highly effective nitrogen-fixing symbiont of Mimosa spp. and fixes nitrogen ex planta.

    Geoffrey N. Elliott;Wen-Ming Chen;Jui-Hsing Chou;Hui-Chun Wang

  • Nutrient sharing between symbionts.

    James White;Jurgen Prell;Euan K. James;Philip Poole

  • Proof that Burkholderia strains form effective symbioses with legumes: a study of novel Mimosa-nodulating strains from South America.

    Wen-Ming Chen;Sergio M. de Faria;Rosângela Straliotto;Rosa M. Pitard

  • Burkholderia mimosarum sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of Mimosa spp. from Taiwan and South America

    Wen-Ming Chen;Euan K. James;Tom Coenye;Jui-Hsing Chou

  • Herbaspirillum, an endophytic diazotroph colonizing vascular tissue 3Sorghum bicolor L. Moench

    E.K. James;F.L. Olivares;J.I. Baldani;J. Döbereiner

  • Herbaspirillum colonization increases growth and nitrogen accumulation in aluminium-tolerant rice varieties

    Prasad Gyaneshwar;Prasad Gyaneshwar;Euan K. James;Pallavolu M. Reddy;Jagdish K. Ladha

  • Nodulation and nitrogen fixation by Mimosa spp. in the Cerrado and Caatinga biomes of Brazil.

    Fábio Bueno dos Reis;Marcelo F. Simon;Eduardo Gross;Robert M. Boddey

  • Infection of mottled stripe disease-susceptible and resistant sugar cane varieties by the endophytic diazotroph Herbaspirillum

    F. L. Olivares;E. K. James;J. I. Baldani;J. Döbereiner

  • Burkholderia nodosa sp nov., isolated from root nodules of the woody Brazilian legumes Mimosa bimucronata and Mimosa scabrella

    Wen-Ming Chen;Sergio M. de Faria;Euan K. James;Geoffrey N. Elliott

  • Nodulation of Mimosa spp. by the β-proteobacterium Ralstonia taiwanensis

    Wen-Ming Chen;Euan K. James;Alan R. Prescott;Martin Kierans

  • β-Rhizobia from Mimosa pigra, a newly discovered invasive plant in Taiwan

    Wen-Ming Chen;Euan K. James;Jui-Hsing Chou;Shih-Yi Sheu

  • Nodulation of Cyclopia spp. (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) by Burkholderia tuberum

    Geoffrey N. Elliott;Wen-Ming Chen;Cyril Bontemps;Jui-Hsing Chou

Frequent Co-Authors

Janet I. Sprent
Janet I. Sprent University of Dundee
Wen-Ming Chen
Wen-Ming Chen Fudan University
Mitchell Andrews
Mitchell Andrews Lincoln University
J. Peter W. Young
J. Peter W. Young University of York
Sergio Miana de Faria
Sergio Miana de Faria Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Jens Stougaard
Jens Stougaard Aarhus University
E. K. U. Gross
E. K. U. Gross Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Marcelo F. Simon
Marcelo F. Simon Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Manuel Becana
Manuel Becana Spanish National Research Council
F. R. Minchin
F. R. Minchin Aberystwyth University

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