Targeted manipulation of food webs in the plant rhizosphere
Trends in Plant Science,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Март 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
Microbiome Migration from Soil to Leaves in Maize and Rice
Microorganisms,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
13(4), С. 947 - 947
Опубликована: Апрель 20, 2025
The
interactions
between
plants
and
microbes
are
essential
for
enhancing
crop
productivity.
However,
the
mechanisms
underlying
host-specific
microbiome
migration
functional
assembly
remain
poorly
understood.
In
this
study,
from
soil
to
leaves
in
rice
(Oryza
sativa)
maize
(Zea
mays)
was
analyzed
through
16S
rRNA
sequencing
phenotypic
assessments.
When
we
used
same
source
grow
maize,
microbiota
traits
were
specifically
enriched
by
its
phyllosphere
rhizosphere.
This
indicated
that
can
selectively
assemble
microbiomes
a
shared
source.
Therefore,
22
strains
isolated
phyllospheres
of
construct
synthetic
microbial
community
(SynCom).
growth
inoculated
with
SynCom,
belonging
Bacillus
compared
phyllosphere.
Additionally,
strain
Rhizobium
rhizosphere
These
results
suggest
plant
species
influence
within
their
respective
compartments.
Compared
mock
inoculation,
SynCom
inoculation
significantly
enhanced
growth.
microbiomes,
Achromobacter,
which
assembled
both
played
role
Our
findings
underscore
importance
dynamics
leveraging
plant–microbe
sustainable
agriculture.
Язык: Английский
Assembly and application of a synthetic bacterial community for enhancing barley tolerance to drought
Frontiers in Bacteriology,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
4
Опубликована: Апрель 25, 2025
Under
climate
change
scenarios
for
temperate
regions
in
Europe,
prolonged
droughts
pose
a
major
threat
to
barley
production,
but
few
studies
have
been
conducted
on
stress
mitigation
strategies
using
plant-beneficial
rhizobacteria.
With
this
mind,
we
isolated
and
screened
culture
collection
of
drought-tolerant
bacteria
from
the
rhizosphere.
From
collection,
assembled
16-member
consortium
based
their
relative
abundances
rhizosphere
after
drought
vitro
osmotic
tolerance
(Drought
Tolerant
Synthetic
microbial
Community/”DT-SynCom”).
Members
DT-SynCom
range
Proteobacteria
Firmicutes
Actinobacteria.
We
used
Oxford
Nanopore
Illumina
technologies
assemble
complete
genomes.
Whole
genome
annotation
revealed
presence
number
genes
associated
with
plant
growth
promoting
traits
such
as
IAA
biosynthesis,
ACC
deaminase
activity
siderophore
production.
In
assays
confirmed
auxin
activity,
inorganic
P
solubilization,
cellulase
chitinase
activities
by
selected
bacterial
strains.
The
members
were
not
antagonistic
each
other,
either
neutral
or
beneficial
shoot
root
when
applied
individually
.
To
clarify
effect
designed
tolerance,
pot
experiment
was
under
conditions.
reduced
wilting
leaves
had
positive
drought.
results
research
suggest
that
result
improved
stress.
Язык: Английский
Rhizosphere bacterial community confers drought tolerance to Astragalus mongholicus
Agricultural Water Management,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
315, С. 109543 - 109543
Опубликована: Май 10, 2025
Язык: Английский
Soil-Gradient-Derived Bacterial Synthetic Communities Enhance Drought Tolerance in Quercus pubescens and Sorbus domestica Seedlings
Plants,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
14(11), С. 1659 - 1659
Опубликована: Май 29, 2025
Climate-change-induced
drought
threatens
forest
restoration
by
limiting
seedling
establishment.
To
address
this,
we
developed
synthetic
bacterial
communities
(SynComs)
tailored
to
support
tolerance
in
two
Mediterranean
tree
species,
Quercus
pubescens
and
Sorbus
domestica.
Bacteria
were
isolated
from
soil
exposed
long-term
drought,
sampling
across
depths
root-associated
compartments.
We
selected
strains
with
key
plant-beneficial
traits,
including
exopolysaccharide
(EPS)
production,
hormone
synthesis
(auxin,
ABA),
siderophore
release,
osmotic
tolerance.
SynComs
assembled
based
on
functional
complementarity
ecological
origin.
Biofilm
assays
showed
that
even
weak
individual
producers
could
enhance
community-level
performance.
After
initial
screening
Arabidopsis
thaliana,
the
most
least
effective
tested
Q.
S.
domestica
seedlings.
Compared
controls,
best-performing
reduced
proportion
of
drought-symptomatic
seedlings
47%
71%
domestica,
outperforming
single-strain
inoculants.
Notably,
EPS-rich
SynCom
B
aligned
conservative
root
traits
pubescens,
while
hormone-rich
F
matched
acquisitive
strategy
Predictive
modeling
identified
identity
symptom
timing
as
predictors
resilience.
Our
results
highlight
value
matching
microbial
plant
strategies
context
for
climate-smart
restoration.
Язык: Английский