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ReviewMicroorganisms2021

Recent Developments in the Study of Plant Microbiomes.

Bernard R Glick, Elisa Gamalero

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Review in Microorganisms, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Plant growth-promoting bacteria enhance tomato tolerance against tomato spotted wilt virus by unveiling optimal auxin levels.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2026
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  9. Role of horizontal gene transfer and cooperation in rhizosphere microbiome assembly.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Bernard R GlickDepartment of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1729-4258
Elisa GamaleroDipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica, Università del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", Viale Teresa Michel, 11, 15121 Alessandria, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8273-9500

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To date, an understanding of how plant growth-promoting bacteria facilitate plant growth has been primarily based on studies of individual bacteria interacting with plants under different conditions. More recently, it has become clear that specific soil microorganisms interact with one another in consortia with the collective being responsible for the positive effects on plant growth. Different plants attract different cross-sections of the bacteria and fungi in the soil, initially based on the composition of the unique root exudates from each plant. Thus, plants mostly attract those microorganisms that are beneficial to plants and exclude those that are potentially pathogenic. Beneficial bacterial consortia not only help to promote plant growth, these consortia also protect plants from a wide range of direct and indirect environmental stresses. Moreover, it is currently possible to engineer plant seeds to contain desired bacterial strains and thereby benefit the next generation of plants. In this way, it may no longer be necessary to deliver beneficial microbiota to each individual growing plant. As we develop a better understanding of beneficial bacterial microbiomes, it may become possible to develop synthetic microbiomes where compatible bacteria work together to facilitate plant growth under a wide range of natural conditions.

Indexed as

organic agriculturePGPBplant growth-promoting bacteriaroot microbiomesseed microbiomessoil bacteria

Identifiers

PMID34361969
PMCPMC8306116

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