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PLANT EPIGENETICS AND RHIZOSPHERE BIOLOGY

Methylation moulds microbiomes

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Exudates released from plant roots can recruit beneficial microorganisms that boost plant growth and immunity. In Arabidopsis thaliana and tomato, active DNA demethylation regulates the production of myo-inositol, a root exudate which recruits a specific plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium.

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Fig. 1: DNA methylation represses root exudation of myo-inositol, a carbocyclic sugar which recruits the PGPR B. megaterium YC4.

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