Martial Briand

Seed-applied multi-kingdom synthetic communities selectively reshape bacterial communities and highlight key criteria for strain selection

This study evaluates how multi-kingdom synthetic communities affect plant microbiota during seedling development, identifying key strain selection criteria and ecological factors influencing colonization.

The efficiency of different transmission routes of Xanthomonas citri pv. fuscans and other seed-borne bacteria to bean seeds.

The paper quantifies the efficiency of different transmission routes for Xanthomonas citri pv. fuscans and other seed-borne bacteria to bean seeds, finding the vascular route most efficient and identifying plant immunity as a bottleneck.

Seed Microbiota Diversity and Culture Collection of Four Major Crops Covering Different Genotypes and Production Modes

This study characterizes seed microbiota diversity across four crops and establishes a strain collection using culture-dependent and culture-independent methods, revealing significant variation influenced by genotype and production mode.

Bacterial Strain Identity and Community Composition Drive the Seed-to-Seedling Microbiota Assembly

This study shows that bacterial strain identity and community composition influence seed-to-seedling microbiota assembly, with microbial interactions affecting colonization success.

The hidden life of Xylella: Mining the NCBI Sequence Read Archive reveals potential new species, host plants and infected areas for this elusive bacterial plant pathogen

The paper mines NCBI Sequence Read Archive data to identify new Xylella species, host plants, and geographic distributions, revealing potential new strains and infected areas.

T6SS-mediated competition by Stenotrophomonas rhizophila shapes seed-borne bacterial communities and seed-to-seedling transmission dynamics

This study shows that T6SS-mediated competition by S. rhizophila influences seed microbiota composition and seed-to-seedling transmission dynamics.

Lactuchelins: New lipopeptide siderophores from Pseudomonas lactucae inhibit Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris 8004

The paper identifies lactuchelins, novel lipopeptide siderophores from Pseudomonas lactucae, which inhibit Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris 8004 through iron chelation.

Unexplored Yeast diversity in Seed Microbiota

This study characterizes seed-associated yeast diversity across nine plant species, finding that Basidiomycota yeasts, particularly from the Tremellomycetes class, dominate the microbiome.

A rapid and simple method for assessing and representing genome sequences relatedness

The paper introduces a workflow for computing and visualizing genome sequence relatedness using k-mer counts, achieving similar precision to ANI but faster, and integrates it into a user-friendly tool.

Novel tetraplex qPCR assays for simultaneous detection and identification of Xylella fastidiosa subspecies in plant tissues

The paper develops tetraplex qPCR assays for detecting and identifying Xylella fastidiosa subspecies in plant tissues, showing improved sensitivity and subspecies differentiation compared to existing methods.

Family-Companion: analyse, visualise, browse, query and share your homology clusters

Family-Companion provides a web tool for computing, analyzing, and exploring homology clusters, with visualization and sharing features.