Harnessing bacterial endophytes for promotion of plant growth and biotechnological applications: an overview

AM Eid, A Fouda, MA Abdel-Rahman, SS Salem… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Endophytic bacteria colonize plants and live inside them for part of or throughout their life
without causing any harm or disease to their hosts. The symbiotic relationship improves the …

Pathogen biocontrol using plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPR): Role of bacterial diversity

H Wang, R Liu, MP You, MJ Barbetti, Y Chen - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
A vast microbial community inhabits in the rhizosphere, among which, specialized bacteria
known as Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) confer benefits to host plants …

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria as a green alternative for sustainable agriculture

H Chandran, M Meena, P Swapnil - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Environmental stress is a major challenge for sustainable food production as it reduces yield
by generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) which pose a threat to cell organelles and …

Plant root-microbe communication in shaping root microbiomes

A Lareen, F Burton, P Schäfer - Plant molecular biology, 2016 - Springer
A growing body of research is highlighting the impacts root-associated microbial
communities can have on plant health and development. These impacts can include …

Quorum quenching: role in nature and applied developments

C Grandclément, M Tannières, S Moréra… - FEMS microbiology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Quorum sensing (QS) refers to the capacity of bacteria to monitor their population density
and regulate gene expression accordingly: the QS-regulated processes deal with …

Quorum sensing inhibitors: an overview

VC Kalia - Biotechnology advances, 2013 - Elsevier
Excessive and indiscriminate use of antibiotics to treat bacterial infections has lead to the
emergence of multiple drug resistant strains. Most infectious diseases are caused by …

Quorum quenching enzymes

S Fetzner - Journal of biotechnology, 2015 - Elsevier
Bacteria use cell-to-cell communication systems based on chemical signal molecules to
coordinate their behavior within the population. These quorum sensing systems are …

Use of plant growth-promoting bacteria for biocontrol of plant diseases: principles, mechanisms of action, and future prospects

S Compant, B Duffy, J Nowak, C Clément… - Applied and …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pathogenic microorganisms affecting plant health are a major and chronic threat to food
production and ecosystem stability worldwide. As agricultural production intensified over the …

The rhizosphere: a playground and battlefield for soilborne pathogens and beneficial microorganisms

JM Raaijmakers, TC Paulitz, C Steinberg… - 2009 - Springer
The rhizosphere is a hot spot of microbial interactions as exudates released by plant roots
are a main food source for microorganisms and a driving force of their population density …

Biological control of soil-borne pathogens by fluorescent pseudomonads

D Haas, G Défago - Nature reviews microbiology, 2005 - nature.com
Particular bacterial strains in certain natural environments prevent infectious diseases of
plant roots. How these bacteria achieve this protection from pathogenic fungi has been …