Desert plants are hypothesized to survive the environmental stress inherent to these regions
in part thanks to symbioses with microorganisms, and yet these microbial species, the …

Agaves are major biotic resources in arid and semi-arid ecosystems. Despite their
ecological, economical and cultural relevance, many aspects of the microbial communities …

Microbial symbionts account for survival, development, fitness and evolution of eukaryotic
hosts. These microorganisms together with their host form a biological unit known as …

The endophytic bacterial microbiome, with an emerging role in plant nutrient acquisition and
stress tolerance, is much less studied in natural plant populations than in agricultural crops …

Invasiveness and the impacts of introduced plants are known to be mediated by plant-
microbe interactions. Yet, the microbial communities associated with invasive plants are …

Healthy and asymptomatic plants in nature are colonized by a rich diversity of microbes
comprising bacteria, fungi, protists and viruses (ie the plant microbiota), forming complex …

In a desert, plants as holobionts quickly respond to resource pulses like precipitation.
However, little is known on how environment and plants modulate the rhizosphere …

Several studies have demonstrated the relevance of endophytic bacteria on the growth and
fitness of agriculturally-relevant plants. To our knowledge, however, little information is …

The rhizosphere microbiome is key in survival, development, and stress tolerance in plants.
Salinity, drought, and extreme temperatures are frequent events in the Atacama Desert …

Microbial populations residing in close contact with plants can be found in the rhizosphere,
in the phyllosphere as epiphytes on the surface, or inside plants as endophytes. Here, we …