Life on a leaf: the epiphyte to pathogen continuum and interplay in the phyllosphere

BMC Biology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 22(1)

Published: Aug. 7, 2024

Epiphytic microbes are those that live for some or all of their life cycle on the surface plant leaves. Leaf surfaces a topologically complex, physicochemically heterogeneous habitat is home to extensive, mixed communities resident and transient inhabitants from three domains life. In this review, we discuss origins leaf how different biotic abiotic factors shape communities. We as microbial adaptations which allow species thrive there, with particular emphasis occupy continuum between epiphytic specialists phytopathogens, groups have considerable overlap in terms adapting single virulence determinant can move strain. Finally, recent findings wheat pathogenic fungus Zymoseptoria tritici spends amount time surface, ask what insights other organisms might provide into pathogen, well Z. serve model system investigating plant-microbe-microbe interactions surface.

Language: Английский

Role of horizontal gene transfer and cooperation in rhizosphere microbiome assembly

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Dec. 27, 2024

Language: Английский