ArticleMicrobiologyOpen2020
The ecological role of bacterial seed endophytes associated with wild cabbage in the United Kingdom.
Article in MicrobiologyOpen, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of symbiotic bacteria on the parasitism efficacy ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Microorganisms as Potential Accelerators of Speed Breeding: Mechanisms and Knowledge Gaps.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Harnessing Seed Endophytic Microbiomes: A Hidden Treasure for Enhancing Sustainable Agriculture.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Reconsidering the ecological effect of seed endophytes in building plant microbial environments: lessons from a Chinese medicinal plant Panax notoginseng.Environmental microbiome · 2025Article
- The seed microbiota from an application perspective: an underexplored frontier in plant-microbe interactions.Crop health · 2025Review
- Endophyte Community Changes in the Seeds of Eight Plant Species following Inoculation with a Multi-Endophytic Bacterial Consortium and an IndividualPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Seeds ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Endophytic microbiome of Boehmeria nivea and their antagonism against latent fungal pathogens in plants.BMC microbiology · 2022Article
- Seed Imbibition and Metabolism Contribute Differentially to Initial Assembly of the Soybean Holobiont.Phytobiomes journal · 2022Article
- Tailored Media Are Key to Unlocking the Diversity of Endophytic Bacteria in Distinct Compartments of Germinating Seeds.Microbiology spectrum · 2022Article
- Dynamic changes in the endophytic bacterial community during maturation ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Deciphering the core seed endo-bacteriome of the highland barley in Tibet plateau.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- The treasure inside barley seeds: microbial diversity and plant beneficial bacteria.Environmental microbiome · 2021Article
- Ecological Role of Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted byMicroorganisms · 2021Article
- Bacterial Endophytes of Spring Wheat Grains and the Potential to Acquire Fe, Cu, and Zn under Their Low Soil Bioavailability.Biology · 2021Article
- New Insight into the Composition of Wheat Seed Microbiota.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Article
- The ecological role of bacterial seed endophytes associated with wild cabbage in the United Kingdom.MicrobiologyOpen · 2020Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Endophytic bacteria are known for their ability in promoting plant growth and defense against biotic and abiotic stress. However, very little is known about the microbial endophytes living in the spermosphere. Here, we isolated bacteria from the seeds of five different populations of wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea L) that grow within 15 km of each other along the Dorset coast in the UK. The seeds of each plant population contained a unique microbiome. Sequencing of the 16S rRNA genes revealed that these bacteria belong to three different phyla (Actinobacteria, Firmicutes, and Proteobacteria). Isolated endophytic bacteria were grown in monocultures or mixtures and the effects of bacterial volatile organic compounds (VOCs) on the growth and development on B. oleracea and on resistance against a insect herbivore was evaluated. Our results reveal that the VOCs emitted by the endophytic bacteria had a profound effect on plant development but only a minor effect on resistance against an herbivore of B. oleracea. Plants exposed to bacterial VOCs showed faster seed germination and seedling development. Furthermore, seed endophytic bacteria exhibited activity via volatiles against the plant pathogen F. culmorum. Hence, our results illustrate the ecological importance of the bacterial seed microbiome for host plant health and development.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.