[HTML][HTML] Plant beneficial endophytic bacteria: Mechanisms, diversity, host range and genetic determinants

I Afzal, ZK Shinwari, S Sikandar, S Shahzad - Microbiological research, 2019 - Elsevier
Endophytic bacteria are the plant beneficial bacteria that thrive inside plants and can
improve plant growth under normal and challenging conditions. They can benefit host plants …

New opportunities in plant microbiome engineering for increasing agricultural sustainability under stressful conditions

MS Afridi, MA Javed, S Ali, FHV De Medeiros… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Plant microbiome (or phytomicrobiome) engineering (PME) is an anticipated untapped
alternative strategy that could be exploited for plant growth, health and productivity under …

Use of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs) with multiple plant growth promoting traits in stress agriculture: Action mechanisms and future prospects

H Etesami, DK Maheshwari - Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 2018 - Elsevier
Increased incidence of abiotic stresses impacting adversely plant growth and productivity in
major crops is being witnessed all over the world. Therefore, as a result of such stress …

Beneficial relationships between endophytic bacteria and medicinal plants

W Wu, W Chen, S Liu, J Wu, Y Zhu, L Qin… - Frontiers in plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Plants benefit extensively from endophytic bacteria, which live in host plant tissues exerting
no harmful effects. Bacterial endophytes promote the growth of host plants and enhance …

Plant-microbe interactions in the phyllosphere: facing challenges of the anthropocene

R Perreault, I Laforest-Lapointe - The ISME journal, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Global change is a defining feature of the Anthropocene, the current human-dominated
epoch, and poses imminent threats to ecosystem dynamics and services such as plant …

The invisible life inside plants: Deciphering the riddles of endophytic bacterial diversity

J Papik, M Folkmanova, M Polivkova-Majorova… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Endophytic bacteria often promote plant growth and protect their host plant against
pathogens, herbivores, and abiotic stresses including drought, increased salinity or …

Bioremediation approaches for organic pollutants: a critical perspective

M Megharaj, B Ramakrishnan, K Venkateswarlu… - Environment …, 2011 - Elsevier
Due to human activities to a greater extent and natural processes to some extent, a large
number of organic chemical substances such as petroleum hydrocarbons, halogenated and …

Endophytic bacteria: prospects and applications for the phytoremediation of organic pollutants

M Afzal, QM Khan, A Sessitsch - Chemosphere, 2014 - Elsevier
Recently, there has been an increased effort to enhance the efficacy of phytoremediation of
contaminated environments by exploiting plant–microbe interactions. The combined use of …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the potential of endophytes from medicinal plants as sources of antimycobacterial compounds

A Alvin, KI Miller, BA Neilan - Microbiological research, 2014 - Elsevier
Natural product drug discovery has regained interest due to low production costs, structural
diversity, and multiple uses of active compounds to treat various diseases. Attention has …

Plant species and soil type cooperatively shape the structure and function of microbial communities in the rhizosphere

G Berg, K Smalla - FEMS microbiology ecology, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The rhizosphere is of central importance not only for plant nutrition, health and quality but
also for microorganism-driven carbon sequestration, ecosystem functioning and nutrient …