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ArticleNature microbiology2021

The plant NADPH oxidase RBOHD is required for microbiota homeostasis in leaves.

Sebastian Pfeilmeier, Gabriella C Petti, Miriam Bortfeld-Miller, Benjamin Daniel, Christopher M Field, Shinichi Sunagawa, Julia A Vorholt

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Article in Nature microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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7 authors.

Sebastian PfeilmeierInstitute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Gabriella C PettiInstitute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Miriam Bortfeld-MillerInstitute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Benjamin DanielInstitute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Christopher M FieldInstitute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Shinichi SunagawaInstitute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3065-0314
Julia A VorholtInstitute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. jvorholt@ethz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6011-4910

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European Research Council 668991
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The plant microbiota consists of a multitude of microorganisms that can affect plant health and fitness. However, it is currently unclear how the plant shapes its leaf microbiota and what role the plant immune system plays in this process. Here, we evaluated Arabidopsis thaliana mutants with defects in different parts of the immune system for an altered bacterial community assembly using a gnotobiotic system. While higher-order mutants in receptors that recognize microbial features and in defence hormone signalling showed substantial microbial community alterations, the absence of the plant NADPH oxidase RBOHD caused the most pronounced change in the composition of the leaf microbiota. The rbohD knockout resulted in an enrichment of specific bacteria. Among these, we identified Xanthomonas strains as opportunistic pathogens that colonized wild-type plants asymptomatically but caused disease in rbohD knockout plants. Strain dropout experiments revealed that the lack of RBOHD unlocks the pathogenicity of individual microbiota members driving dysbiosis in rbohD knockout plants. For full protection, healthy plants require both a functional immune system and a microbial community. Our results show that the NADPH oxidase RBOHD is essential for microbiota homeostasis and emphasizes the importance of the plant immune system in controlling the leaf microbiota.

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HomeostasisMicrobiotaArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsBacteriaBacterial Physiological PhenomenaGenotypeNADPH OxidasesPhenotypePlant ImmunityPlant LeavesArabidopsis ProteinsAT5G47910 protein, ArabidopsisNADPH Oxidases

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