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Open AccessDetermining the footprint of breeding in the seed microbiome of a perennial cereal
Seed endophytes have a significant impact on plant health and fitness. They can be inherited and passed on to the next plant generation. However, the impact of breeding on their composition in seeds is less un...
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Open AccessPitting the olive seed microbiome
The complex and co-evolved interplay between plants and their microbiota is crucial for the health and fitness of the plant holobiont. However, the microbiota of the seeds is still relatively unexplored and no...
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Open AccessExploration of phyllosphere microbiomes in wheat varieties with differing aphid resistance
Leaf-associated microbes play an important role in plant development and response to exogenous stress. Insect herbivores are known to alter the phyllosphere microbiome. However, whether the host plant’s defens...
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Open AccessThe microbiome of Riccia liverworts is an important reservoir for microbial diversity in temporary agricultural crusts
The microbiota of liverworts provides an interesting model for plant symbioses; however, their microbiome assembly is not yet understood. Here, we assessed specific factors that shape microbial communities ass...
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Open AccessThe microbiome of cereal plants: The current state of knowledge and the potential for future applications
The plant microbiota fulfils various crucial functions related to host health, fitness, and productivity. Over the past years, the number of plant microbiome studies continued to steadily increase. Technologic...
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Open AccessEnhancement of herbicolin A production by integrated fermentation optimization and strain engineering in Pantoea agglomerans ZJU23
The lipopeptide herbicolin A (HA) secreted by the biocontrol agent Pantoea agglomerans ZJU23 is a promising antifungal drug to combat fungal pathogens by targeting lipid rafts, both in agricultural and clinical s...
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Open AccessMicrobiome ethics, guiding principles for microbiome research, use and knowledge management
The overarching biological impact of microbiomes on their hosts, and more generally their environment, reflects the co-evolution of a mutualistic symbiosis, generating fitness for both. Knowledge of microbiome...
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Open AccessMetadata harmonization–Standards are the key for a better usage of omics data for integrative microbiome analysis
Tremendous amounts of data generated from microbiome research studies during the last decades require not only standards for sampling and preparation of omics data but also clear concepts of how the metadata i...
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Open AccessInsights into the microbiome assembly during different growth stages and storage of strawberry plants
Microbiome assembly was identified as an important factor for plant growth and health, but this process is largely unknown, especially for the fruit microbiome. Therefore, we analyzed strawberry plants of two ...
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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 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 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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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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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 ...
