Rhizobial symbiosis refers to the mutually beneficial relationship that forms between plants and soil bacteria that fix nitrogen, termed rhizobia. This study describes ultrastructural changes and ...

Defensive symbioses likely arose from host-symbiont interactions that are costly for hosts and evolved over time to a facultative mutualism. Hence, the role symbionts play in protecting hosts against ...

More information: Yun Liao et al, Fungal symbiont transmitted by free-living mice promotes type 2 immunity, Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08213-2 Journal information: Nature ...