Plant-microbiome interactions: from community assembly to plant health.

Tongmin Sa, Pankaj Trivedi, Jan E Leach, Susannah G Tringe, Brajesh K Singh

Journal: Nature reviews. Microbiology 2021;18(11):607-621

PMID: 32788714

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Abstract

Healthy plants host diverse but taxonomically structured communities of microorganisms, the plant microbiota, that colonize every accessible plant tissue. Plant-associated microbiomes confer fitness advantages to the plant host, including growth promotion, nutrient uptake, stress tolerance and resistance to pathogens. In this Review, we explore how plant microbiome research has unravelled the complex network of genetic, biochemical, physical and metabolic interactions among the plant, the associated microbial communities and the environment. We also discuss how those interactions shape the assembly of plant-associated microbiomes and modulate their beneficial traits, such as nutrient acquisition and plant health, in addition to highlighting knowledge gaps and future directions.

Address: Microbiome Network and Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA. [email protected].; Microbiome Network and Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.; Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, CA, USA.; Department of Environmental and Biological Chemistry, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea.; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith South, NSW, Australia.; Global Centre for Land Based Innovation, Western Sydney University, Penrith South, NSW, Australia.

DOI: 10.1038/s41579-020-0412-1

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MeSH Terms: Microbiota, Plants, Rhizosphere, Soil Microbiology