Root-associated bacterial communities play a vital role in maintaining health of the plant
host. These communities exist in complex relationships, where composition and abundance …

Plants do not grow as axenic organisms in nature, but host a diverse community of
microorganisms, termed the plant microbiota. There is an increasing awareness that the …

Root endophytes have been shown to have important roles in determining host fitness under
periods of drought stress, and yet the effect of drought on the broader root endosphere …

Drought stress is an alarming constraint to plant growth, development, and productivity
worldwide. However, plant-associated bacteria, fungi, and viruses can enhance stress …

Next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have impressively accelerated research in
biological science during the last years by enabling the production of large volumes of …

Drought is well known to have strong effects on the composition and activity of soil microbial
communities, and may be determined by drought history and drought duration, but the …

When plants are subjected to various biotic and abiotic stresses, the root system responds
actively by secreting different types and amounts of bioactive compounds, while affects the …

Drought is a major threat to crop productivity and causes decreased plant growth, poor
yields, and crop failure. Nevertheless, the frequency of droughts is expected to increase in …

Candidatus phylum Eremiobacterota (formerly WPS-2) is an as-yet-uncultured bacterial
clade that takes its name from Ca. Eremiobacter, an Antarctic soil aerobe proposed to be …

Drylands occupy approximately 41% of the Earth's terrestrial surface. Climate change and
land use practices are expected to affect biogeochemical cycling by the soil microbiome in …