The preservation of natural ecosystems, as well as the correct management of human
societies, largely depends on the maintenance of critical microbial functions associated with …

Actinobacteria play key roles in terrestrial ecosystem functioning. They contribute to global
carbon cycling through the decomposition of soil organic matter, increase plant productivity …

Microbial antagonists and their bioactive metabolites provide one of the best alternatives to
chemical pesticides to control crop disease for sustainable agriculture and global food …

The endosphere and the rhizosphere are pertinent milieus with microbial communities that
perturb the agronomic traits of crop plants through beneficial or detrimental interactions. In …

Rice blast caused by Magnaporthe oryzae severely impacts global rice yield stability. The
rice endophyte Streptomyces sporocinereus OsiSh-2, with strong antagonistic activity …

The limited availability of nutrient Fe severely impairs the health of almost all organisms.
Endophytic actinobacteria can benefit the host plant in different ways. We previously inferred …

Two Pythium‐infested soils were used to compare the wheat root and rhizosphere soil
microbial communities from plants grown in the field or in greenhouse trials and their …

Actinobacteria is one of the largest phyla within the domain Bacteria. This phylum comprises
more than 400 genera heterogeneously distributed in up to 50 families, 20 orders and 6 …

Strain Q11T of an irregular coccoid Gram-positive bacterium, aerobic and non-motile, was
isolated from Meconopsis integrifolia seeds. Strain Q11T grew optimally in 1%(w/v) NaCl …

Background The vital role of rhizosphere microbiome in protecting plants against pathogen
infection has been well characterized. By contrast, beneficial effects of the plant endophytic …