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Transmission of Bacterial Endophytes.
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161 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Root colonization by beneficial rhizobacteria.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2024Pooled it
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- From Rhizosphere to Endosphere: Conserved and Specialised Mechanisms of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria in Mediating Salt Tolerance.Plant, cell & environment · 2026Review
- Root anatomical traits modulate the assembly and nitrogen-transformation potential of root-associated microbiomes in a temperate steppe.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- Microbial communities and pharmaceutical contaminants in the water-soil-plant continuum of sugarcane crops irrigated with contaminated waters from the Cauca River Valley, Colombia.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2026Article
- Microbiome-mediated environmental adaptation in tea plants and its potential applications.Journal of advanced research · 2026Review
- Seed Potato Bacteria Transfer Across Generations Within the Tuber Flesh.Microbial ecology · 2026Article
- Microbial Life Inside Posidonia Seeds: Beneficial Endophytes and Implications for Marine Plant Health.MicrobiologyOpen · 2026Article
- Soil Nutrient Availability By Beneficial Bacteria of Forest Trees: From Mechanisms To Applications.Microbial ecology · 2026Review
- Evaluating microbial community profiles of Chile peppers grown on the International Space Station provides implications for fruiting crops.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Exploring the Functional Roles of Endophytic Bacteria in Plant Stress Tolerance for Sustainable Agriculture: Diversity, Mechanisms, Applications, and Challenges.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Complexity of leaf surface texture affects microbial colonization in temperate forest tree species.PloS one · 2026Article
- Characterizing fungal community shifts associated withFrontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Microbial succession and tissue-specific restructuring of bacterial and fungal communities during post-harvest onion bulb rotting.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Traits analysis of an aphid-killingFrontiers in insect science · 2026Article
- Soil microbial processes shaping seed performance: linking soil microbiomes to sustainable agriculture.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Rhizospheric and endophytic bacterial community response to continuous Atractylodes macrocephala cultivation.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- Differential partitioning of seed-inhabiting methylotrophs in the endosphere of wheat plants.BMC biology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Plants are hosts to complex communities of endophytic bacteria that colonize the interior of both below- and aboveground tissues. Bacteria living inside plant tissues as endophytes can be horizontally acquired from the environment with each new generation, or vertically transmitted from generation to generation via seed. A better understanding of bacterial endophyte transmission routes and modes will benefit studies of plant-endophyte interactions in both agricultural and natural ecosystems. In this review, we provide an overview of the transmission routes that bacteria can take to colonize plants, including vertically via seeds and pollen, and horizontally via soil, atmosphere, and insects. We discuss both well-documented and understudied transmission routes, and identify gaps in our knowledge on how bacteria reach the inside of plants. Where little knowledge is available on endophytes, we draw from studies on bacterial plant pathogens to discuss potential transmission routes. Colonization of roots from soil is the best studied transmission route, and probably the most important, although more studies of transmission to aerial parts and stomatal colonization are needed, as are studies that conclusively confirm vertical transfer. While vertical transfer of bacterial endophytes likely occurs, obligate and strictly vertically transferred symbioses with bacteria are probably unusual in plants. Instead, plants appear to benefit from the ability to respond to a changing environment by acquiring its endophytic microbiome anew with each generation, and over the lifetime of individuals.
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