ReviewEnvironmental microbiology2022
The secret life of plant-beneficial rhizosphere bacteria: insects as alternative hosts.
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- Soil Nutrient Availability By Beneficial Bacteria of Forest Trees: From Mechanisms To Applications.Microbial ecology · 2026Review
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- Symbiotic weaponry: the role of bacterial mediators in aphid-plant defense conflicts.Archives of microbiology · 2026Review
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- The effect of white grub (Maladera Verticalis) larvae feeding on rhizosphere microbial characterization of aerobic rice (Oryza sativa L.) in Puer City, Yunnan Province, China.BMC microbiology · 2024Article
- The impact of kaolin mining activities on bacterial diversity and community structure in the rhizosphere soil of three local plants.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- From microbiome composition to functional engineering, one step at a time.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2023Review
- When Competitors Join Forces: Consortia of Entomopathogenic Microorganisms Increase Killing Speed and Mortality in Leaf- and Root-Feeding Insect Hosts.Microbial ecology · 2023Article
- Relation of pest insect-killing and soilborne pathogen-inhibition abilities to species diversification in environmental Pseudomonas protegens.The ISME journal · 2023Article
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- Multi-host lifestyle in plant-beneficial bacteria: an evolutionary advantage for survival and dispersal?Environmental microbiology · 2022Article
- Root-Associated Bacteria Are Biocontrol Agents for Multiple Plant Pests.Microorganisms · 2022Review
- Tool and techniques study to plant microbiome current understanding and future needs: an overview.Communicative & integrative biology · 2022Review
- Diversity Shifts in the Root Microbiome of Cucumber Under Different Plant Cultivation Substrates.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Root-colonizing bacteria have been intensively investigated for their intimate relationship with plants and their manifold plant-beneficial activities. They can inhibit growth and activity of pathogens or induce defence responses. In recent years, evidence has emerged that several plant-beneficial rhizosphere bacteria do not only associate with plants but also with insects. Their relationships with insects range from pathogenic to mutualistic and some rhizobacteria can use insects as vectors for dispersal to new host plants. Thus, the interactions of these bacteria with their environment are even more complex than previously thought and can extend far beyond the rhizosphere. The discovery of this secret life of rhizobacteria represents an exciting new field of research that should link the fields of plant-microbe and insect-microbe interactions. In this review, we provide examples of plant-beneficial rhizosphere bacteria that use insects as alternative hosts, and of potentially rhizosphere-competent insect symbionts. We discuss the bacterial traits that may enable a host-switch between plants and insects and further set the multi-host lifestyle of rhizobacteria into an evolutionary and ecological context. Finally, we identify important open research questions and discuss perspectives on the use of these rhizobacteria in agriculture.
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