The Plant Microbiome: From Ecology to Reductionism and Beyond

Journal Article · 11 June 2020 · Annual Review of Microbiology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-micro-022620-014327 · OSTI ID:1802632

Fitzpatrick, Connor R. ^[1]; Salas-González, Isai ^[2]; Conway, Jonathan M. ^[2]; Finkel, Omri M. ^[2]; Gilbert, Sarah ^[2]; Russ, Dor ^[2]; Teixeira, Paulo Lima ^[3]; Dangl, Jeffery L. ^[2]

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1. Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States); OSTI
2. Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States)
3. Univ. of Sao Paulo (Brazil)

Methodological advances over the past two decades have propelled plant microbiome research, allowing the field to comprehensively test ideas proposed over a century ago and generate many new hypotheses. Studying the distribution of microbial taxa and genes across plant habitats has revealed the importance of various ecological and evolutionary forces shaping plant microbiota. In particular, selection imposed by plant habitats strongly shapes the diversity and composition of microbiota and leads to microbial adaptation associated with navigating the plant immune system and utilizing plant-derived resources. Reductionist approaches have demonstrated that the interaction between plant immunity and the plant microbiome is, in fact, bidirectional and that plants, microbiota, and the environment shape a complex chemical dialogue that collectively orchestrates the plantmicrobiome. Finally, the next stage in plant microbiome research will require the integration of ecological and reductionist approaches to establish a general understanding of the assembly and function in both natural and managed environments.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Science Foundation (NSF); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NERSC); Pew Latin American Fellows; EMBO
• Grant/Contract Number: SC0014395
• OSTI ID: 1802632
• Journal Information: Annual Review of Microbiology, Journal Name: Annual Review of Microbiology Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 74; ISSN 0066-4227
• Publisher: Annual ReviewsCopyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English