Trichoderma spp. are common soil and root inhabitants that have been widely studied due
to their capacity to produce antibiotics, parasitize other fungi and compete with deleterious …

Plants and microbes interact with each other via different chemical signaling pathways. At
the risophere level, the microbes can secrete molecules, called elicitors, which act on their …

The current model of cellulose biogenesis in plants, as well as bacteria, holds that the
membranous cellulose synthase complex polymerizes glucose moieties from UDP-Glc into …

Bacteroid differentiation was examined in developing and mature alfalfa nodules elicited by
wild-type or Fix-mutant strains of Rhizobium meliloti. Ultrastructural studies of wild-type …

How good and how pleasant it is for organisms to dwell together in unity! And, probably, how
common it is in the biological world. This review concerns a dramatic association, one of the …

Bacterial colonization of the developing light organ of the squid Euprymna scolopes is
shown to be highly specific, with the establishment of a successful association resulting only …

Rhizobial plant symbionts and bacterial plant pathogens produce exopolysaccharides that
often play essential roles in the plant interaction. Many of these exopolysaccharides are …

Cyclic beta-glucans are low-molecular-weight cell surface carbohydrates that are found
almost exclusively in bacteria of the Rhizobiaceae family. These glucans are major cellular …

Sorghum produces phytoalexins that are 3-deoxyanthocyanidin flavonoids. The compounds
inhibit the growth of phytopathogenic fungi in vitro. The phytoalexins appear to be …

One of the earliest detectable events during plant-pathogen interaction is a rapid increase in
ethylene biosynthesis. This gaseous plant stress hormone may be a signal for plants to …