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The Plant Microbiota: Systems-Level Insights and Perspectives.

  • Müller DB Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland; email: jvorholt@ethz.ch.
  • Vogel C Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland; email: jvorholt@ethz.ch.
  • Bai Y Department of Plant Microbe Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany.
  • Vorholt JA Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland; email: jvorholt@ethz.ch.
  • 2016-09-21
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  • Annual review of genetics. - 2016
Arabidopsis
bacterial community
commensal
gnotobiotic
microbiome
plant protection
Adaptation, Biological
Arabidopsis
Ecosystem
Microbial Consortia
Microbiota
Phylogeny
Plant Roots
Plants
English Plants do not grow as axenic organisms in nature, but host a diverse community of microorganisms, termed the plant microbiota. There is an increasing awareness that the plant microbiota plays a role in plant growth and can provide protection from invading pathogens. Apart from intense research on crop plants, Arabidopsis is emerging as a valuable model system to investigate the drivers shaping stable bacterial communities on leaves and roots and as a tool to decipher the intricate relationship among the host and its colonizing microorganisms. Gnotobiotic experimental systems help establish causal relationships between plant and microbiota genotypes and phenotypes and test hypotheses on biotic and abiotic perturbations in a systematic way. We highlight major recent findings in plant microbiota research using comparative community profiling and omics analyses, and discuss these approaches in light of community establishment and beneficial traits like nutrient acquisition and plant health.
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