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| Open AccessWidespread Bradyrhizobium distribution of diverse Type III effectors that trigger legume nodulation in the absence of Nod factor
- Alicia Camuel
- , Albin Teulet
- & Eric Giraud
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| Open AccessCross-feeding niches among commensal leaf bacteria are shaped by the interaction of strain-level diversity and resource availability
- Mariana Murillo-Roos
- , Hafiz Syed M. Abdullah
- & Matthew T. Agler
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Ectomycorrhizal fungi mediate belowground carbon transfer between pines and oaks
- Rotem Cahanovitc
- , Stav Livne-Luzon
- & Tamir Klein
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| Open AccessCommensal Pseudomonas protect Arabidopsis thaliana from a coexisting pathogen via multiple lineage-dependent mechanisms
- Or Shalev
- , Haim Ashkenazy
- & Detlef Weigel
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| Open AccessNovel metabolic interactions and environmental conditions mediate the boreal peatmoss-cyanobacteria mutualism
- Alyssa A. Carrell
- , Dušan Veličković
- & David J. Weston
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Integrating plant-to-plant communication and rhizosphere microbial dynamics: ecological and evolutionary implications and a call for experimental rigor
The perception of airborne chemical signals by plants can trigger reconfigurations of their metabolism that alter their biotic interactions. While plant-to-plant chemical communication has primarily been studied in the context of eliciting defenses to herbivores and pathogens, recent work suggests that it can also affect plants’ interactions with their rhizosphere microbiomes. In this perspective, we discuss the potential for integrating the fields of plant-to-plant communication and microbial ecology to understand the chemical ecology of plant−microbiome interactions. As an introduction for microbial ecologists, we highlight mechanistic knowledge gaps in plant volatile organic compound (VOC) perception and provide recommendations for avoiding common experimental errors that have plagued the plant communication field. Lastly, we discuss potential implications of plant VOCs structuring rhizosphere microbiomes, particularly effects on plant community and evolutionary dynamics. As we continue to discover links between plant metabolism and their microbiomes—from molecular to community scales—we hope that this perspective will provide both motivation and words of caution for researchers working at the intersection of these two fields.
- Mia M. Howard
- , Ethan Bass
- & André Kessler
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Cytokinin drives assembly of the phyllosphere microbiome and promotes disease resistance through structural and chemical cues
- Rupali Gupta
- , Dorin Elkabetz
- & Maya Bar
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| Open AccessConversion of marginal land into switchgrass conditionally accrues soil carbon but reduces methane consumption
- Colin T. Bates
- , Arthur Escalas
- & Jizhong Zhou
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| Open AccessGenome wide association study reveals plant loci controlling heritability of the rhizosphere microbiome
- Siwen Deng
- , Daniel F. Caddell
- & Devin Coleman-Derr
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| Open AccessIncreasing flavonoid concentrations in root exudates enhance associations between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and an invasive plant
- Baoliang Tian
- , Yingchun Pei
- & Evan Siemann
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| Open AccessTemporal tracking of quantum-dot apatite across in vitro mycorrhizal networks shows how host demand can influence fungal nutrient transfer strategies
- Anouk van’t Padje
- , Loreto Oyarte Galvez
- & E. Toby Kiers
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Cutting out the middle clam: lucinid endosymbiotic bacteria are also associated with seagrass roots worldwide
- Belinda C. Martin
- , Jen A. Middleton
- & Hannes Schmidt
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| Open AccessBidirectional C and N transfer and a potential role for sulfur in an epiphytic diazotrophic mutualism
- Rhona K. Stuart
- , Eric R. A. Pederson
- & Christopher L. Dupont
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Quantitative comparison between the rhizosphere effect of Arabidopsis thaliana and co-occurring plant species with a longer life history
- Martinus Schneijderberg
- , Xu Cheng
- & Ton Bisseling
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Alien ectomycorrhizal plants differ in their ability to interact with co-introduced and native ectomycorrhizal fungi in novel sites
- Lukáš Vlk
- , Leho Tedersoo
- & Petr Kohout
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| Open AccessDark septate endophyte improves salt tolerance of native and invasive lineages of Phragmites australis
- Martina Gonzalez Mateu
- , Andrew H. Baldwin
- & Stephanie A. Yarwood
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| Open AccessSeasonality of interactions between a plant virus and its host during persistent infection in a natural environment
- Mie N. Honjo
- , Naoko Emura
- & Hiroshi Kudoh
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Structural equation modeling of a winnowed soil microbiome identifies how invasive plants re-structure microbial networks
- Steven D. Mamet
- , Ellen Redlick
- & Steven D. Siciliano
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| Open AccessRevisiting the ‘direct mineral cycling’ hypothesis: arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonize leaf litter, but why?
- Rebecca A. Bunn
- , Dylan T. Simpson
- & David P. Janos
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Pathogen-induced changes in floral scent may increase honeybee-mediated dispersal of Erwinia amylovora
- Antonio Cellini
- , Valentino Giacomuzzi
- & Francesco Spinelli
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Oxygen loss from seagrass roots coincides with colonisation of sulphide-oxidising cable bacteria and reduces sulphide stress
- Belinda C. Martin
- , Jeremy Bougoure
- & Gary A. Kendrick
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| Open AccessDisease-induced assemblage of a plant-beneficial bacterial consortium
- Roeland L. Berendsen
- , Gilles Vismans
- & Corné M. J. Pieterse
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The plant circadian clock influences rhizosphere community structure and function
- Charley J Hubbard
- , Marcus T Brock
- & Cynthia Weinig
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| Open AccessFunctional analysis of liverworts in dual symbiosis with Glomeromycota and Mucoromycotina fungi under a simulated Palaeozoic CO2 decline
- Katie J Field
- , William R Rimington
- & Silvia Pressel
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Host–microbe interactions as a driver of acclimation to salinity gradients in brown algal cultures
- Simon M Dittami
- , Laëtitia Duboscq-Bidot
- & Thierry Tonon
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Bacteria on leaves: a previously unrecognised source of N2O in grazed pastures
- Saman Bowatte
- , Paul CD Newton
- & Dongwen Luo
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Short Communication |
Links between plant and fungal communities across a deforestation chronosequence in the Amazon rainforest
- Rebecca C Mueller
- , Fabiana S Paula
- & Brendan JM Bohannan
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Linkage between bacterial and fungal rhizosphere communities in hydrocarbon-contaminated soils is related to plant phylogeny
- Terrence H Bell
- , Saad El-Din Hassan
- & Marc St-Arnaud
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Comparative metatranscriptomics reveals kingdom level changes in the rhizosphere microbiome of plants
- Thomas R Turner
- , Karunakaran Ramakrishnan
- & Philip S Poole
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Leaf microbiota in an agroecosystem: spatiotemporal variation in bacterial community composition on field-grown lettuce
- Gurdeep Rastogi
- , Adrian Sbodio
- & Johan H J Leveau