Plant-Associated Microbes: From Rhizobia To Plant Microbiomes

Plant-Associated Microbes: From Rhizobia To Plant Microbiomes

Bioprospecting plant-associated microbiomes.

There is growing demand for new bioactive compounds and biologicals for the pharmaceutical, agro- and food industries. Plant-associated microbes present an attractive and promising source to this end, but are nearly unexploited. Therefore, bioprospecting of plant microbiomes is gaining more and more attention. Due to their highly specialized and co-evolved genetic pool, plant microbiomes host a...

Genomics of plant‐associated microbes

Plant-associated microbes and plant–microbe interactions can be largely divided in two types: detrimental (pathogenic) and beneficial (symbiotic) interactions. Neutral interactions also occur; this is the case for microbes that live in the rhizosphere (on roots) or phyllosphere (on leaves) without triggering any apparent plant response. Both pathogenic and symbiotic interactions are of relevanc...

Beneficial effects of plant-associated microbes on indoor microbiomes and human health?

PLANT MICROBIOMES—AN INTRODUCTION Just like humans, plants have recently been recognized as meta-organisms, possessing a distinct microbiome and revealing close symbiotic relationships with their associated microorganisms (Berg et al., 2013; Mendes et al., 2013). Each plant harbor specific species to a certain degree but also cosmopolitan and ubiquitous microbial strains; the majority of them f...

Promoting Plant Protection by Root-Associated Microbes

The rhizosphere is a narrow area around plant roots in which root-secreted secondary metabolites and microorganisms co-exist and interact. This area can also be considered as a battle field where beneficial bacteria and deleterious microorganisms compete. Therefore, this specific root area has been a topic of interest for researchers for more than a century. Among the diverse microbial populati...