Sowing success: ecological insights into seedling microbial colonisation for robust plant microbiota engineering

O Joubert, G Arnault, M Barret, M Simonin - Trends in Plant Science, 2024 - cell.com
Manipulating the seedling microbiota through seed or soil inoculations has the potential to
improve plant health. Mixed in-field results have been attributed to a lack of consideration for …

Unlocking the potential of soil microbial communities for bioremediation of emerging organic contaminants: omics-based approaches

F Alidoosti, M Giyahchi, S Moien, H Moghimi - Microbial Cell Factories, 2024 - Springer
The remediation of emerging contaminants presents a pressing environmental challenge,
necessitating innovative approaches for effective mitigation. This review article delves into …

PHI-base–the multi-species pathogen–host interaction database in 2025

M Urban, A Cuzick, J Seager… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Pathogen–Host Interactions Database (PHI-base) has, since 2005, provided
manually curated genes from fungal, bacterial and protist pathogens that have been …

RNA-seq validation: software for selection of reference and variable candidate genes for RT-qPCR

MWD de Brito, SS de Carvalho, MBS Mota… - BMC genomics, 2024 - Springer
Background Real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) is one of the most widely used gene
expression analyses for validating RNA-seq data. This technique requires reference genes …

Physiochemical interaction between osmotic stress and a bacterial exometabolite promotes plant disease

F Getzke, L Wang, G Chesneau, N Böhringer… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Various microbes isolated from healthy plants are detrimental under laboratory conditions,
indicating the existence of molecular mechanisms preventing disease in nature. Here, we …

Seedling microbiota engineering using bacterial synthetic community inoculation on seeds

G Arnault, C Marais, A Préveaux… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Synthetic Communities (SynComs) are being developed and tested to manipulate
plant microbiota and improve plant health. To date, only few studies proposed the use of …

Long-term detection of Hartmannibacter diazotrophicus on winter wheat and spring barley roots under field conditions revealed positive correlations on yield …

S Quiroga, D Rosado-Porto, S Ratering… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Monitoring of bioinoculants once released into the field remains largely unexplored; thus,
more information is required about their survival and interactions after root colonization …

Tansley insight

S Hacquard - New Phytologist, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The plant microbiota research field has rapidly shifted from efforts aimed at gaining a
descriptive understanding of microbiota composition to a focus on acquiring mechanistic …

Symbiotic conserved arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi supports plant health

Y Zhou, Z Jin, X Ren, C Hong, Z Hua, Y Zhu… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF) forms a multi-beneficial symbiotic relationship with the
host plant, therefore it is considered to be an effective helper to promote plant health …

Engineering the phycosphere: fundamental concepts and tools for the bottom-up design of microalgal-bacterial consortia

A Semple, J Pandhal - Applied Phycology, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Microalgae are a promising platform for the sustainable production of high-value
compounds, while also serving as robust degraders of toxic pollutants that accumulate in …