Community standards and future opportunities for synthetic communities in plant–microbiota research

TR Northen, M Kleiner, M Torres, ÁT Kovács… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Harnessing beneficial microorganisms is seen as a promising approach to enhance
sustainable agriculture production. Synthetic communities (SynComs) are increasingly …

A cross-systems primer for synthetic microbial communities

EC Mehlferber, G Arnault, B Joshi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The design and use of synthetic communities, or SynComs, is one of the most promising
strategies for disentangling the complex interactions within microbial communities, and …

Acidic amelioration of soil amendments improves soil health by impacting rhizosphere microbial assemblies

D Chen, X Wang, VJ Carrion, S Yin, Z Yue… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Intensive cultivation with accompanying nitrogen fertilization leads to soil acidification in
croplands of southern China, which in turn, imperils soil health, restricting the sustainability …

A pathway to improve seaweed aquaculture through microbiota manipulation

J Li, F Weinberger, R de Nys, T Thomas, S Egan - Trends in Biotechnology, 2023 - cell.com
Eukaryotic hosts are associated with microbial communities that are critical to their function.
Microbiota manipulation using beneficial microorganisms, for example, in the form of animal …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial eco-evolutionary dynamics in the plant rhizosphere

B Fields, VP Friman - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Rhizosphere microbiota is important for plant health and productivity•In addition
to ecology, microbial benefits are shaped by their rapid evolution•Evolution can change the …

Plant-microbe interactions in the rhizosphere for smarter and more sustainable crop fertilization: the case of PGPR-based biofertilizers

MY Alzate Zuluaga, R Fattorini, S Cesco… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Biofertilizers based on plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are nowadays gaining
increasingly attention as a modern tool for a more sustainable agriculture due to their ability …

Harnessing microbial interactions with rice: Strategies for abiotic stress alleviation in the face of environmental challenges and climate change

J Zhao, X Yu, C Zhang, L Hou, N Wu, W Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rice, which feeds more than half of the world's population, confronts significant challenges
due to environmental and climatic changes. Abiotic stressors such as extreme temperatures …

Biological disease control by beneficial (micro) organisms: Selected breakthroughs in the past 50 years

S Sarrocco - Phytopathology®, 2023 - Am Phytopath Society
Biological control of plant disease by beneficial (micro) organisms is one of the main tools
available to preserve plant health within the wider context of One Health and in line with the …

Uncovering new insights and misconceptions on the effectiveness of phosphate solubilizing rhizobacteria in plants: a meta-analysis

N De Zutter, M Ameye, B Bekaert… - Frontiers in plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
As the awareness on the ecological impact of chemical phosphate fertilizers grows, research
turns to sustainable alternatives such as the implementation of phosphate solubilizing …

A culturomics-based bacterial synthetic community for improving resilience towards arsenic and heavy metals in the nutraceutical plant Mesembryanthemum …

NJ Flores-Duarte, E Pajuelo, E Mateos-Naranjo… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plant-growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) help plants thrive in polluted environments and
increase crops yield using fewer inputs. Therefore, the design of tailored biofertilizers is of …