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Open AccessImpact of Cultivation and Origin on the Fruit Microbiome of Apples and Blueberries and Implications for the Exposome
Vegetables and fruits are a crucial part of the planetary health diet, directly affecting human health and the gut microbiome. The objective of our study was to understand the variability of the fruit (apple a...
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Open AccessThe plant microbiota signature of the Anthropocene as a challenge for microbiome research
One promise of the recently presented microbiome definition suggested that, in combination with unifying concepts and standards, microbiome research could be important for solving new challenges associated wit...
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Open AccessThe Himalayan Onion (Allium wallichii Kunth) Harbors Unique Spatially Organized Bacterial Communities
Plant-associated microorganisms are known to contribute with various beneficial functions to the health and productivity of their hosts, yet the microbiome of most plants remains unexplored. This especially ap...
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Open AccessBog ecosystems as a playground for plant–microbe coevolution: bryophytes and vascular plants harbour functionally adapted bacteria
Bogs are unique ecosystems inhabited by distinctive, coevolved assemblages of organisms, which play a global role for carbon storage, climate stability, water quality and biodiversity. To understand ecology an...
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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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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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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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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 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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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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9 Lichen–Bacterial Interactions
Lichens, generally known as a fungal lifestyle with tight integration of algal partners in a joint structure, are classic examples of self-sustained symbioses. More recently, the associations of bacterial comm...