Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

The paper investigates how plant-associated microbiomes in nutrient-poor Brazilian campos rupestres substrates contribute to nutrient cycling, revealing novel microbial populations and mechanisms for phosphorus and nitrogen turnover.

This study identifies two conserved effector families from fungal pathogens that trigger cell death in plants, showing they are recognized by immune receptors.

This study identifies rhizobacteria from Bambara groundnut soil with plant growth-promoting and biocontrol properties, highlighting their potential as biofertilizers and biocontrol agents for sustainable agriculture.

The paper uses genome properties and machine learning to classify Pseudomonas strains as plant-beneficial or pathogenic, identifying 28 key features that distinguish these phenotypes.

The paper constructs a barley interactome using interolog inference and integrates it with omics data to model immune signaling and identify novel MLA interactors.

The paper identifies a novel class of sRNAs in rice induced by bacterial infection, which may play a role in plant-microbe interactions.

This study shows that Arabidopsis SmD3 is involved in plant immunity by regulating mRNA splicing of pathogenesis factors and affecting stomatal immunity.

This study identifies germin-like proteins in quinoa induced by Trichoderma fungi, showing cultivar-specific responses and suggesting their role in defense mechanisms.

The paper presents the de novo genome of a marine yeast strain, identifies genes involved in plant growth promotion, and highlights its potential as a bio-fertilizer.

This study shows that Bacillus sp. RZ2MS9 colonizes maize endophytically and enhances plant growth, with co-inoculation with Azospirillum brasilense Ab-V5 increasing growth and altering volatile organic compound production.

The paper reports the complete genome of Pseudomonas donghuensis P482, a biocontrol strain against plant pathogens, providing resources for studying its biological control mechanisms.

This study identifies OsMEK2 and OsMPK1 as key regulators of ferroptotic cell death in rice during Magnaporthe oryzae infection, showing their role in iron- and ROS-dependent pathways.

The paper uses a multi-omics approach to classify Arabidopsis thaliana RLPs into functional classes and identifies differences in abundance, genome clustering, and interaction partners.

The paper studies rhizosphere bacteria from mine tailings to create a synthetic community for bioremediation, finding reduced diversity and shifts in bacterial dominance.

This paper shows ROS1, an Arabidopsis demethylase, removes DNA methylation at promoter regions to activate immune genes and enhance resistance to bacterial pathogens.

The paper characterizes the genomic features of diazotrophic microbes associated with maize aerial root mucilage, identifying diverse nitrogen fixation gene configurations.

The paper identifies UhAVR1 as an avirulence effector secreted via the ER-Golgi pathway in Ustilago hordei, which triggers hypersensitive response in resistant barley or contributes to virulence in susceptible hosts.

The paper combines shotgun sequencing and rDNA amplicon data to improve detection of microbe-microbe interaction networks in plant leaves by addressing compositionality issues in amplicon data.

The paper shows that redox-active cysteines in TGA1 do not affect its role in SA- or pathogen-induced gene expression in Arabidopsis.

The paper analyzes metagenomic dynamics in olive trees after root damage and Verticillium dahliae infection, showing a polymicrobial community drives the infection rather than a single species.

The paper examines how wheat gene expression changes in response to Fusarium culmorum infection and various defence inductors across different wheat varieties.

The paper identifies miRNAs and their targets, including the ghr-miR164-GhNAC100 module, involved in cotton's defense against Verticillium dahliae.

This study shows that perturbations of the ZED1 pseudokinase activate plant immunity by forming a ternary complex with PBL kinases and ZAR1, independent of the effector HopZ1a.

The paper analyzes co-transcriptome networks between Arabidopsis and B. cinerea to uncover virulence mechanisms and cross-kingdom interactions during infection.

This study uses INSeq to identify 108 genes essential for Pseudomonas aeruginosa PGPR2 root colonization, with four genes validated through mutant testing.

The paper integrates prior knowledge and ensemble networks to reveal a novel connection between ethylene and salicylic acid signalling modules in potato.

The paper identifies a thiamine auxotrophy in Serendipita indica and shows that co-culturing with Bacillus subtilis restores growth, but only under specific spatial and temporal conditions.

The paper shows that Arabidopsis sheds infected cauline leaves as a defense against Pseudomonas syringae, involving salicylic acid signaling and both defense and abscission genes.