Biopolymers and cell. 2009; 25 (1): 27 - 38

Cellular and molecular-genetic mechanisms of symbiosis and associative interaction of microorganisms with plants in rhizosphere

L. G. Lioshina

Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry of NAS of Ukraine, 1 Murmanska Str,  Kyiv, Ukraine, 02094

The review contains the results of research on symbiotic and associative interaction of microorganisms and plants in rhizosphere. A special attention is given to the process of contact association of microorganisms and plants tissues including the concrete molecular structures and dominant role pertaining to protein-carbohydrate interaction. There are common features and distinctions at formation of arbuscular mycorhiza, rhizobia– legume symbiosis and association of non-leguminous plants with Azospirillum.

Key words: symbiosis, associative interaction, arbuscular mycorhiza, rhizobia, azospirillum.