ReviewThe New phytologist2003
Horizontal gene transfer in the phytosphere.
Review in The New phytologist, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.
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- Transmission, Health Risks and Attenuation Strategies of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Soil-Plant Systems.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Review
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- Synthetic Biology of Plants and Microbes for Agriculture, Environment, and Future Applications.Chemical reviews · 2026Review
- Plant-soil-microbiome interactions: mechanisms, advances, and challenges in sustainable agriculture and healthy agroecosystems.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- An eco-evolutionary perspective on antimicrobial resistance in the context of One Health.iScience · 2025Review
- From grasslands to genes: exploring the major microbial drivers of antibiotic-resistance in microhabitats under persistent overgrazing.Microbiome · 2024Article
- Quorum sensing-related activities of beneficial and pathogenic bacteria have important implications for plant and human health.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2024Review
- Conjugal plasmid transfer in the plant rhizosphere in the One Health context.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Long-term impacts of conservation pasture management in manuresheds on system-level microbiome and antibiotic resistance genes.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Seasonal hydrological dynamics govern lifestyle preference of aquatic antibiotic resistome.Environmental science and ecotechnology · 2023Article
- Horizontal Gene Transfer of an IncP1 Plasmid to Soil Bacterial Community Introduced byEnvironmental science & technology · 2022Article
- Horizontal gene transfer from genetically modified plants - Regulatory considerations.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Article
- Nitrogen Regulates the Distribution of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Soil-Vegetable System.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Importance ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- The Potential Application of Endophytes in Management of Stress from Drought and Salinity in Crop Plants.Microorganisms · 2021Review
- Conjugation Dynamics of Self-Transmissible and Mobilisable Plasmids intoAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Experimental Evolution in Plant-Microbe Systems: A Tool for Deciphering the Functioning and Evolution of Plant-Associated Microbial Communities.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Review
- Exploiting BeneficialFrontiers in microbiology · 2021Review
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Abstract
Here, the ecological aspects of gene transfer processes between bacteria in the phytosphere are examined in the context of emerging evidence for the dominant role that horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has played in the evolutionary shaping of bacterial communities. Moreover, the impact of the putative capture of genetic material by bacteria from plants is discussed. Examples are provided that illustrate how mobile genetic elements (MGEs) influence the behaviour of bacteria in their natural habitat, especially in structured communities such as biofilms on plant surfaces. This community behaviour is used as a framework to pose questions on the evolutionary role and significance of gene transfer processes in plant-associated habitats. Selection within the highly structured phytosphere is likely to represent a dominant force shaping the genetic make-up of plant-associated bacterial communities. Current understanding of the triggering and impact of horizontal gene transfer, however, remains limited by our lack of understanding of the nature of the selective forces that act on bacteria in situ. The individual, colony, population and community level selection benefits imposed by the ability to use specific carbon sources or survive selective compounds are clear, but it is not always possible to assess what drives gene transfer and persistence. The role of HGT in the adaptation of host bacteria to their environmental niche is still not fully understood.
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