Bacterial wilt of dry beans caused by Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens: A new threat from an old enemy

E Osdaghi, AJ Young… - Molecular plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial wilt and tan spot of dry beans (family Fabaceae), caused by Curtobacterium
flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens, is an important emerging disease threatening the edible …

Decomposition responses to climate depend on microbial community composition

SI Glassman, C Weihe, J Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Bacteria and fungi drive decomposition, a fundamental process in the carbon cycle, yet the
importance of microbial community composition for decomposition remains elusive. Here …

Adaptive differentiation and rapid evolution of a soil bacterium along a climate gradient

AB Chase, C Weihe… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Microbial community responses to environmental change are largely associated with
ecological processes; however, the potential for microbes to rapidly evolve and adapt …

Metagenomic and physicochemical analyses reveal microbial community and functional differences between three types of low-temperature Daqu

Q Hou, Y Wang, W Cai, H Ni, H Zhao, Z Zhang… - Food Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Complex microbes of different types of low-temperature Daqu (LTD) play an important role in
the formation of flavors and qualities of light-flavor Baijiu during fermentation. However …

Microbiological and nutritional analysis of lettuce crops grown on the international space station

CLM Khodadad, ME Hummerick… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The ability to grow safe, fresh food to supplement packaged foods of astronauts in space has
been an important goal for NASA. Food crops grown in space experience different …

Bacterial tradeoffs in growth rate and extracellular enzymes

KI Ramin, SD Allison - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Like larger organisms, bacteria possess traits, or phenotypic characteristics, that influence
growth and impact ecosystem processes. Still, it remains unclear how these traits are …

Diversity and phosphate solubilization efficiency of phosphate solubilizing bacteria isolated from semi-arid agroecosystems of eastern Kenya

CK Kirui, EM Njeru, S Runo - Microbiology Insights, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Phosphorus (P) is a major nutrient required for plant growth but it forms complexes with
other elements in soil upon application. A cost-effective way of availing P to plants is by use …

Proportions of taxa belonging to the gut core microbiome change throughout the life cycle and season of the bark beetle Ips typographus

T Veselská, K Švec, M Kostovčík… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The European spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus, is a serious pest of spruce forests in
Europe, and its invasion and development inside spruce tissues are facilitated by …

Investigating eco-evolutionary processes of microbial community assembly in the wild using a model leaf litter system

KM Barbour, JBH Martiny - The ISME Journal, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Microbial communities are not the easiest to manipulate experimentally in natural
ecosystems. However, leaf litter—topmost layer of surface soil—is uniquely suitable to …

Desiccation induces varied responses within a soil bacterial genus

NC Scales, KT Huynh, C Weihe… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Desiccation impacts a suite of physiological processes in microbes by elevating levels of
damaging reactive oxygen species and inducing DNA strand breaks. In response to …