The hidden world within plants: ecological and evolutionary considerations for defining functioning of microbial endophytes

PR Hardoim, LS Van Overbeek, G Berg… - Microbiology and …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
All plants are inhabited internally by diverse microbial communities comprising bacterial,
archaeal, fungal, and protistic taxa. These microorganisms showing endophytic lifestyles …

Plant–microbe interactions in the rhizosphere via a circular metabolic economy

E Korenblum, H Massalha, A Aharoni - The Plant Cell, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Chemical exchange often serves as the first step in plant–microbe interactions and
exchanges of various signals, nutrients, and metabolites continue throughout the interaction …

The interconnected rhizosphere: high network complexity dominates rhizosphere assemblages

S Shi, EE Nuccio, ZJ Shi, Z He, J Zhou… - Ecology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
While interactions between roots and microorganisms have been intensively studied, we
know little about interactions among root‐associated microbes. We used random matrix …

Root exudates mediated interactions belowground

F el Zahar Haichar, C Santaella, T Heulin… - Soil Biology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The root exudate composition reflects the contradictory-concomitantly attractive and
repulsive-behaviour of plants towards soil microorganisms. Plants produce antimicrobial …

The rhizosphere microbiome and plant health

RL Berendsen, CMJ Pieterse, PAHM Bakker - Trends in plant science, 2012 - cell.com
The diversity of microbes associated with plant roots is enormous, in the order of tens of
thousands of species. This complex plant-associated microbial community, also referred to …

Inside the root microbiome: bacterial root endophytes and plant growth promotion

JR Gaiero, CA McCall, KA Thompson… - American journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial root endophytes reside in a vast number of plant species as part of their root
microbiome, with some being shown to positively influence plant growth. Endophyte …

Desert microbes for boosting sustainable agriculture in extreme environments

W Alsharif, MM Saad, H Hirt - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
A large portion of the earth's surface consists of arid, semi-arid and hyper-arid lands. Life in
these regions is profoundly challenged by harsh environmental conditions of water …

Communication in the phytobiome

JE Leach, LR Triplett, CT Argueso, P Trivedi - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
The phytobiome is composed of plants, their environment, and diverse interacting
microscopic and macroscopic organisms, which together influence plant health and …

The role of root exudates in rhizosphere interactions with plants and other organisms

HP Bais, TL Weir, LG Perry, S Gilroy… - Annu. Rev. Plant …, 2006 - annualreviews.org
The rhizosphere encompasses the millimeters of soil surrounding a plant root where
complex biological and ecological processes occur. This review describes recent advances …

Small molecules below‐ground: the role of specialized metabolites in the rhizosphere

H Massalha, E Korenblum, D Tholl… - The Plant …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Soil communities are diverse taxonomically and functionally. This ecosystem experiences
highly complex networks of interactions, but may also present functionally independent …