ReviewMicrobiome2018
Microbial interactions within the plant holobiont.
Review in Microbiome, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 523 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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523 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Thiamine cross-feeding drives microbial coexistence in the leaf microbiome.Nature microbiology · 2026Article
- Microbial volatile compounds enhance drought resilience and productivity in CAM and C3 crops.Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2026Article
- Consistent root microbiomes across contrasting habitats in a wild perennial vine.Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2026Article
- Development of a bacterial mixed culture preventing bacterial storage diseases of root vegetables.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Article
- Dynamic Assembly and Multifunctional Roles of Plant Endophytic Microbiomes.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Ecological Management of Crown Gall-Affected Soils: Pathogen Reservoirs, Disease-Suppressive Microbiomes, and Helper Consortia.Microorganisms · 2026Review
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- Rhizosphere Bacterial Communities of Two Coastal Halophytes Under Salinity-Flooding Stress.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Microbial volatile organic compounds in plant defense: mechanisms, signaling networks, and agricultural applications.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Review
- Endophytes Across the Plant Life Cycle: Potential Roles in Plant Protection, Litter Decomposition, and Nutrient Cycling.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveals distinct responses of beneficial bacterial endophytes to wild and cultivated rice root exudates.Plant cell reports · 2026Article
- Factors shaping the lichen photobiome and mycobiome in a tropical lichen community.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2026Article
- Spatiotemporal coordination of virulence, metabolism, and stress responses shapes infection dynamics ofApplied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- Host-Dependent Endophytes as a Resilient Biological Reservoir: Niche-Specific Expansion and Holobiont Reassembly in Grapevine.Microorganisms · 2026Article
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Abstract
Since the colonization of land by ancestral plant lineages 450 million years ago, plants and their associated microbes have been interacting with each other, forming an assemblage of species that is often referred to as a "holobiont." Selective pressure acting on holobiont components has likely shaped plant-associated microbial communities and selected for host-adapted microorganisms that impact plant fitness. However, the high microbial densities detected on plant tissues, together with the fast generation time of microbes and their more ancient origin compared to their host, suggest that microbe-microbe interactions are also important selective forces sculpting complex microbial assemblages in the phyllosphere, rhizosphere, and plant endosphere compartments. Reductionist approaches conducted under laboratory conditions have been critical to decipher the strategies used by specific microbes to cooperate and compete within or outside plant tissues. Nonetheless, our understanding of these microbial interactions in shaping more complex plant-associated microbial communities, along with their relevance for host health in a more natural context, remains sparse. Using examples obtained from reductionist and community-level approaches, we discuss the fundamental role of microbe-microbe interactions (prokaryotes and micro-eukaryotes) for microbial community structure and plant health. We provide a conceptual framework illustrating that interactions among microbiota members are critical for the establishment and the maintenance of host-microbial homeostasis.
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