ReviewMicroorganisms2021
Plant Holobiont Theory: The Phytomicrobiome Plays a Central Role in Evolution and Success.
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58 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Uncovering New Insights and Misconceptions on the Effectiveness of Phosphate Solubilizing Rhizobacteria in Plants: A Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Pooled it
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- Molecular and functional diversity of plant associated microbes: biotechnological potential, genomics and commercialization for climate resilient agriculture.Biologia futura · 2026Review
- A 'Genome-First' Framework for Next-Generation Bioinputs: From Functional Mining to Rational Synthetic Microbial Communities.Environmental microbiology · 2026Review
- From hidden allies to precision symbionts: unleashing endophytes for sustainable agroecosystems.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Review
- A Systems Approach to Endophyte-Mediated Plant Holobiont and Microbiome Dynamics.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Integrating Single-Cell and Spatial Multi-Omics to Decode Plant-Microbe Interactions at Cellular Resolution.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Bacterial endophytes journey from the seed to the seedling: an analysis of community structural shifts and bacterial localization during colonization.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Root triterpenoid metabolites drive the assembly and feedback regulation of the rhizosphere microbiome during flowering to senescence inFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Plant growth-promoting Bacillus strains modulate early soybean development via proteome remodeling.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- Changes in Environmental Conditions Differentially Affect the Bacterial Microbiome Communities in Different Apple Fruit Tissues.Environmental microbiology reports · 2025Article
- Eragrostis curvula cultivars improve soil bacterial diversity, extracellular enzyme activities, and nutrition in grassland ecosystem soils.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Halotolerant Endophytic Fungi: Diversity, Host Plants, and Mechanisms in Plant Salt-Alkali Stress Alleviation.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Strong Host Modulation of Rhizosphere-to-Endosphere Microbial Colonisation in Natural Populations of the Pan-Palaeotropical Keystone Grass Species,Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Bark beetle infestation alters mycobiomes in wood, litter, and soil associated with Norway spruce.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2025Article
- Groundbreaking Technologies and the Biocontrol of Fungal Vascular Plant Pathogens.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Functional team selection as a framework for local adaptation in plants and their belowground microbiomes.The ISME journal · 2025Review
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- Foliar application of magnesium and the use of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria improve photosynthetic physiology and the yield components of soybean.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Effect of intra- and inter-specific plant interactions on the rhizosphere microbiome of a single target plant at different densities.PloS one · 2025Article
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Abstract
Under natural conditions, plants are always associated with a well-orchestrated community of microbes-the phytomicrobiome. The nature and degree of microbial effect on the plant host can be positive, neutral, or negative, and depends largely on the environment. The phytomicrobiome is integral for plant growth and function; microbes play a key role in plant nutrient acquisition, biotic and abiotic stress management, physiology regulation through microbe-to-plant signals, and growth regulation via the production of phytohormones. Relationships between the plant and phytomicrobiome members vary in intimacy, ranging from casual associations between roots and the rhizosphere microbial community, to endophytes that live between plant cells, to the endosymbiosis of microbes by the plant cell resulting in mitochondria and chloroplasts. If we consider these key organelles to also be members of the phytomicrobiome, how do we distinguish between the two? If we accept the mitochondria and chloroplasts as both members of the phytomicrobiome and the plant (entrained microbes), the influence of microbes on the evolution of plants becomes so profound that without microbes, the concept of the "plant" is not viable. This paper argues that the holobiont concept should take greater precedence in the plant sciences when referring to a host and its associated microbial community. The inclusivity of this concept accounts for the ambiguous nature of the entrained microbes and the wide range of functions played by the phytomicrobiome in plant holobiont homeostasis.
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