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ArticleJournal of pineal research2025

Microbial Melatonin Production Improves Plant Metabolic Function in Short-Term Climate-Induced Stresses.

Eun-Hae Kwon, Arjun Adhikari, Abdul Latif Khan, Eunsu Do, Nusrat Jahan Methela, Chung-Yeol Lee, Sang-Mo Kang, Kang-Mo Ku, Byung-Wook Yun, In-Jung Lee

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Article in Journal of pineal research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Eun-Hae KwonDepartment of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8210-4955
Arjun AdhikariDepartment of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Abdul Latif KhanDepartment of Engineering Technology, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Texas, USA.
Eunsu DoDepartment of Plant Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Nusrat Jahan MethelaDepartment of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Chung-Yeol LeeDepartment of Statistics Graduate School, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Sang-Mo KangDepartment of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Kang-Mo KuDepartment of Plant Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Byung-Wook YunDepartment of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
In-Jung LeeDepartment of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.

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Abstract

Climate change, specifically high temperatures, can reduce soil moisture and cause hypersaline conditions, which creates an unsustainable agro-production system. Microbial symbionts associated with plants relinquish stressful conditions by producing stress-protecting substances. Melatonin is a signaling and stress-protecting molecule for plants, but is least known for microbial symbionts and their function in stress protection. Here, our study shows that the melatonin-synthesizing Bacillus velezensis EH151 (27.9 ng/mL at 96 h) significantly improved host plant (Glycine max L.) growth, biomass, photosynthesis, and reduced oxidative stress during heat and salinity stress conditions than the non-inculcated control. The EH151 symbiosis enhanced the macronutrient (P, Ca, and K) and reduced Na uptake in shoots during stress conditions. The microbial inoculation significantly expressed the high-affinity K

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BacillusClimate ChangeGlycine maxMelatoninStress, PhysiologicalMelatoninabiotic stressesBacillus velezensisheat stressICP‐MSmelatoninmelatonin producing microbesmetabolitesmetabolomicsPGPBsalt stress

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PMCPMC12086755

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