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Open AccessOccurrence of green mold disease on Dictyophora rubrovolvata caused by Trichoderma koningiopsis
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Open AccessPost-translational regulation of autophagy is involved in intra-microbiome suppression of fungal pathogens
Microbiome interactions are important determinants for ecosystem functioning, stability, and health. In previous studies, it was often observed that bacteria suppress potentially pathogenic fungal species that...
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First report of Camellia oleifera leaf blight caused by Nigrospora chinensis
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Open AccessAntimicrobial-specific response from resistance gene carriers studied in a natural, highly diverse microbiome
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major threat to public health. Microorganisms equipped with AMR genes are suggested to have partially emerged from natural habitats; however, this hypothesis remains inconcl...
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Bacterial seed endophyte shapes disease resistance in rice
Cereal crop production is severely affected by seed-borne bacterial diseases across the world. Locally occurring disease resistance in various crops remains elusive. Here, we have observed that rice plants of ...
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Open AccessTrichomes form genotype-specific microbial hotspots in the phyllosphere of tomato
The plant phyllosphere is a well-studied habitat characterized by low nutrient availability and high community dynamics. In contrast, plant trichomes, known for their production of a large number of metabolite...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Microbiome definition re-visited: old concepts and new challenges
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
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Open AccessMicrobiome definition re-visited: old concepts and new challenges
The field of microbiome research has evolved rapidly over the past few decades and has become a topic of great scientific and public interest. As a result of this rapid growth in interest covering different fi...
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Using Bacteria-Derived Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) for Industrial Processes
Microbial volatiles harbour an extensive spectrum of chemical compounds. Bacteria-derived volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were studied for decades in order to uncover their role in microbial interactions and...
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How Microbiome Approaches Can Assist Industrial Development of Biological Control Products
The excessive application of synthetic pesticides and agrochemicals during the last decades has caused serious environmental as well as health problems. Therefore, new and safer methods are needed to replace e...
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Open AccessMicrobiome-driven identification of microbial indicators for postharvest diseases of sugar beets
Sugar loss due to storage rot has a substantial economic impact on the sugar industry. The gradual spread of saprophytic fungi such as Fusarium and Penicillium spp. during storage in beet clamps is an ongoing cha...
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Open AccessSeeds of native alpine plants host unique microbial communities embedded in cross-kingdom networks
The plant microbiota is crucial for plant health and growth. Recently, vertical transmission of a beneficial core microbiota was identified for crop seeds, but for native plants, complementary mechanisms are a...
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Open AccessA novel, nature-based alternative for photobioreactor decontaminations
Large-scale microalgae cultivations are increasingly used for the production of animal feed, nutritional supplements and various high-value bioproducts. Due to the process size and other limitations, contamina...
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Open AccessEnterobacteriaceae dominate the core microbiome and contribute to the resistome of arugula (Eruca sativa Mill.)
Arugula is a traditional medicinal plant and popular leafy green today. It is mainly consumed raw in the Western cuisine and known to contain various bioactive secondary metabolites. However, arugula has been ...
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Understanding the Indigenous Seed Microbiota to Design Bacterial Seed Treatments
Within millennia of domestication, crops and their seeds underwent traceably different adaptive trends, allowing rapid speciation and divergence that lead to phenotypic and genotypic distinction to their wild ...
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Open AccessFirst evaluation of alkylpyrazine application as a novel method to decrease microbial contaminations in processed meat products
Every year about 20% of the globally produced meat gets lost due to microbial spoilage. Nevertheless, the demand for processed meat is constantly rising and producers are searching for novel strategies to redu...
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Open AccessReplacing conventional decontamination of hatching eggs with a natural defense strategy based on antimicrobial, volatile pyrazines
The treatment of hatching eggs relies on classic yet environmentally harmful decontamination methods such as formaldehyde fumigation. We evaluated bacteria-derived volatiles as a replacement within a fundament...
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Open AccessDeciphering functional diversification within the lichen microbiota by meta-omics
Recent evidence of specific bacterial communities extended the traditional concept of fungal-algal lichen symbioses by a further organismal kingdom. Although functional roles were already assigned to dominant ...
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Open AccessHigh Life Expectancy of Bacteria on Lichens
Self-sustaining lichen symbioses potentially can become very old, sometimes even thousands of years in nature. In the joint structures, algal partners are sheltered between fungal structures that are externall...
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Endophytes-assisted biocontrol: novel insights in ecology and the mode of action of Paenibacillus
Biological control is an environmentally sound and effective means of reducing pathogen-induced damage to agriculture using natural antagonists. Paenibacillus is a cosmopolitan and ubiquitously occurring bacteria...