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: Received: 21 May 2019 / Approved: 24 May 2019 / Online: 24 May 2019 (11:55:22 CEST)
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Kim, D.; Cho, G.; Jeon, C.; Weller, D.M.; Thomashow, L.S.; Paulitz, T.C.; Kwak, Y. Soil Probiotic Utilizes Plant and Pollinator Transport for Territorial Expansion. Preprints2019, 2019050294. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201905.0294.v1.
Kim, D.; Cho, G.; Jeon, C.; Weller, D.M.; Thomashow, L.S.; Paulitz, T.C.; Kwak, Y. Soil Probiotic Utilizes Plant and Pollinator Transport for Territorial Expansion. Preprints 2019, 2019050294. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201905.0294.v1.
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Kim, D.; Cho, G.; Jeon, C.; Weller, D.M.; Thomashow, L.S.; Paulitz, T.C.; Kwak, Y. Soil Probiotic Utilizes Plant and Pollinator Transport for Territorial Expansion. Preprints2019, 2019050294. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201905.0294.v1.
Kim, D.; Cho, G.; Jeon, C.; Weller, D.M.; Thomashow, L.S.; Paulitz, T.C.; Kwak, Y. Soil Probiotic Utilizes Plant and Pollinator Transport for Territorial Expansion. Preprints 2019, 2019050294. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201905.0294.v1.
Abstract
Microbe-plant interactions are linked with the core microbiota, and both the plant and the microbial partners depend on one other to thrive in nature. However, why and how the below-ground core microbiota become established aboveground is poorly understood. We tracked the movement of a probiotic Streptomyces endophyte throughout a managed strawberry ecosystem. Probiotics in the rhizosphere and anthosphere were genetically identical, yet these niches were segregated in space and time. The probiotic in the rhizosphere moved upward via the vascular bundle, relocated to aboveground plant parts, and protected against Botrytis cinerea. It also moved from flowers to roots, and among flowers via pollinators that were protected against pollinator pathogens. Our results reveal a solid evidence in tripartite interaction with Streptomyces exploiting plant and pollinator partners.
Keywords
core microbiota; ecosphere; streptomyces; strawberry; three kingdom partnership
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology
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