Pseudomonas simiae WCS417: star track of a model beneficial rhizobacterium

CMJ Pieterse, RL Berendsen, R de Jonge, IA Stringlis… - Plant and Soil, 2021 - Springer
Background Since the 1980s, numerous mutualistic Pseudomonas spp. strains have been
used in studies on the biology of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and their …

Microfluidics as an emerging platform for exploring soil environmental processes: a critical review

X Zhu, K Wang, H Yan, C Liu, X Zhu… - … Science & Technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Investigating environmental processes, especially those occurring in soils, calls for
innovative and multidisciplinary technologies that can provide insights at the microscale …

Reproducible growth of Brachypodium in EcoFAB 2.0 reveals that nitrogen form and starvation modulate root exudation

V Novak, PF Andeer, BP Bowen, Y Ding, K Zhalnina… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Understanding plant-microbe interactions requires examination of root exudation under
nutrient stress using standardized and reproducible experimental systems. We grew …

Brachypodium: 20 years as a grass biology model system; the way forward?

R Hasterok, P Catalan, SP Hazen, AC Roulin… - Trends in Plant …, 2022 - cell.com
It has been 20 years since Brachypodium distachyon was suggested as a model grass
species, but ongoing research now encompasses the entire genus. Extensive …

[HTML][HTML] Fertiliser supplementation with a biostimulant complex of fish hydrolysate, Aloe vera extract, and kelp alters cannabis root architecture to enhance nutrient …

K Wise, J Selby-Pham, X Chai, T Simovich, S Gupta… - Scientia …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biostimulants are non-nutritive fertiliser additives which have demonstrated improvements to
growth outputs of various agricultural crops. As a result, they have gained attention as …

EcoFABs: advancing microbiome science through standardized fabricated ecosystems

K Zengler, K Hofmockel, NS Baliga, SW Behie… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Microbiomes play critical roles in ecosystems and human health, yet in most cases scientists
lack standardized and reproducible model microbial communities. The development of …

Metabolomics of plant root exudates: From sample preparation to data analysis

MA Salem, JY Wang, S Al-Babili - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Plants release a set of chemical compounds, called exudates, into the rhizosphere, under
normal conditions and in response to environmental stimuli and surrounding soil organisms …

Lab on a chip for a low-carbon future

SS Datta, I Battiato, MA Fernø, R Juanes, S Parsa… - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Transitioning our society to a sustainable future, with low or net-zero carbon emissions to the
atmosphere, will require a wide-spread transformation of energy and environmental …

CRISPR-based engineering of phages for in situ bacterial base editing

MA Nethery, C Hidalgo-Cantabrana… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Investigation of microbial gene function is essential to the elucidation of ecological roles and
complex genetic interactions that take place in microbial communities. While microbiome …

Fine scale sampling reveals early differentiation of rhizosphere microbiome from bulk soil in young Brachypodium plant roots

SM Acharya, MO Yee, S Diamond… - ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
For a deeper and comprehensive understanding of the composition and function of
rhizosphere microbiomes, we need to focus at the scale of individual roots in standardized …