Microbial metabolites beneficial to plant hosts across ecosystems

V Mathur, D Ulanova - Microbial Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Plants are intimately connected with their associated microorganisms. Chemical interactions
via natural products between plants and their microbial symbionts form an important aspect …

Metabolomics: Current application and prospects in crop production

TT Alawiye, OO Babalola - Biologia, 2021 - Springer
Necessary steps need to be taken in order to cushion the effects of hunger, famine, and
drought in the world. To ameliorate these challenges, biotechnological innovations like meta …

Sugars and jasmonic acid concentration in root exudates affect maize rhizosphere bacterial communities

LD Lopes, P Wang, SL Futrell… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Root exudates contribute to shaping the root-associated microbiomes, but it is unclear which
of the many exudate compounds are important in this process. Here, we focused on …

Linking a gene cluster to atranorin, a major cortical substance of lichens, through genetic dereplication and heterologous expression

W Kim, R Liu, S Woo, KB Kang, H Park, YH Yu, HH Ha… - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The depside and depsidone series compounds of polyketide origin accumulate in the
cortical or medullary layers of lichen thalli. Despite the taxonomic and ecological …

The mode of action of plant associated Burkholderia against grey mould disease in grapevine revealed through traits and genomic analyses

Q Esmaeel, C Jacquard, L Sanchez, C Clément… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Plant-associated Burkholderia spp. have been shown to offer a promising alternative
method that may address concerns with ecological issue associated with pesticide overuse …

Genome mining conformance to metabolite profile of Bacillus strains to control potato pathogens

A Lagzian, RS Riseh, S Sarikhan, A Ghorbani… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Biocontrol agents are safe and effective methods for controlling plant disease pathogens,
such as Fusarium solani, which causes dry wilt, and Pectobacterium spp., responsible for …

Discovery of the Pseudomonas polyyne protegencin by a phylogeny-guided study of polyyne biosynthetic gene cluster diversity

AJ Mullins, G Webster, HJ Kim, J Zhao, YD Petrova… - Mbio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Natural products that possess alkyne or polyyne moieties have been isolated from a variety
of biological sources and possess a broad a range of bioactivities. In bacteria, the basic …

High Diversity of Type I Polyketide Genes in Bacidia rubella as Revealed by the Comparative Analysis of 23 Lichen Genomes

JV Gerasimova, A Beck, S Werth, P Resl - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fungi involved in lichen symbioses produce a large array of secondary metabolites that are
often diagnostic in the taxonomic delimitation of lichens. The most common lichen …

Genome-guided purification of high amounts of the siderophore ornibactin and detection of potentially novel burkholdine derivatives produced by Burkholderia …

E Bach, J Chen, CFF Angolini, JS Bauer… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Aim The increased availability of genome sequences has enabled the development of
valuable tools for the prediction and identification of bacterial natural products. Burkholderia …

Occidiofungin Is the Key Metabolite for Antifungal Activity of the Endophytic Bacterium Burkholderia sp. MS455 Against Aspergillus flavus

J Jia, E Ford, SM Hobbs, SM Baird, SE Lu - Phytopathology®, 2022 - Am Phytopath Society
Aflatoxin is a secondary metabolite produced by Aspergillus fungi and presents a major food
safety concern globally. Among the available methods for prevention and control of aflatoxin …