In situ relationships between microbiota and potential pathobiota in Arabidopsis thaliana.

ABSTRACT: A current challenge in microbial pathogenesis is to identify biological control agents that may prevent and/or limit host invasion by microbial pathogens. In natura, hosts are often infected by multiple pathogens. However, most of the current studies have been performed under laboratory controlled conditions and by taking into account the interaction between a single commensal species and a single pathogenic species. The next step is therefore to explore the relationships between host-microbial communities (microbiota) and microbial members with potential pathogenic behavior (pathobiota) in a realistic ecological context. In the present study, we investigated such relationships within root-associated and leaf-associated bacterial communities of 163 ecologically contrasted Arabidopsis thali

SUBMITTER: Bartoli C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6052059 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature