New opportunities in plant microbiome engineering for increasing agricultural sustainability under stressful conditions

MS Afridi, MA Javed, S Ali, FHV De Medeiros… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Plant microbiome (or phytomicrobiome) engineering (PME) is an anticipated untapped
alternative strategy that could be exploited for plant growth, health and productivity under …

Mechanisms of action of plant growth promoting bacteria

OS Olanrewaju, BR Glick, OO Babalola - World Journal of Microbiology …, 2017‏ - Springer
The idea of eliminating the use of fertilizers which are sometimes environmentally unsafe is
slowly becoming a reality because of the emergence of microorganisms that can serve the …

Spatial structure, cooperation and competition in biofilms

CD Nadell, K Drescher, KR Foster - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2016‏ - nature.com
Bacteria often live within matrix-embedded communities, termed biofilms, which are now
understood to be a major mode of microbial life. The study of biofilms has revealed their vast …

Quorum-sensing systems as targets for antivirulence therapy

T Defoirdt - Trends in microbiology, 2018‏ - cell.com
The development of novel therapies to control diseases caused by antibiotic-resistant
pathogens is one of the major challenges we are currently facing. Many important plant …

The hierarchy quorum sensing network in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

J Lee, L Zhang - Protein & cell, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes severe and persistent infections in immune compromised
individuals and cystic fibrosis sufferers. The infection is hard to eradicate as P. aeruginosa …

The mechanical world of bacteria

A Persat, CD Nadell, MK Kim, F Ingremeau… - Cell, 2015‏ - cell.com
In the wild, bacteria are predominantly associated with surfaces as opposed to existing as
free-swimming, isolated organisms. They are thus subject to surface-specific mechanics …

[كتاب][B] Speaking our minds: Why human communication is different, and how language evolved to make it special

T Scott-Phillips - 2014‏ - books.google.com
Language is an essential part of what makes us human. Where did it come from? How did it
develop into the complex system we know today? And what can an evolutionary perspective …

Specificity and complexity in bacterial quorum-sensing systems

LA Hawver, SA Jung, WL Ng - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2016‏ - academic.oup.com
Quorum sensing (QS) is a microbial cell-to-cell communication process that relies on the
production and detection of chemical signals called autoinducers (AIs) to monitor cell …

Bacterial quorum sensing and microbial community interactions

RG Abisado, S Benomar, JR Klaus, AA Dandekar… - MBio, 2018‏ - Am Soc Microbiol
Many bacteria use a cell-cell communication system called quorum sensing to coordinate
population density-dependent changes in behavior. Quorum sensing involves production of …

[كتاب][B] Cannabis sativa L.-botany and biotechnology

S Chandra, H Lata, MA ElSohly - 2017‏ - Springer
Plant-based drugs face unusual challenges during their journey from farm to
pharmaceuticals. In the case of cannabis, a considerable additional complexity is derived …