How plants modulate their growth in response to soil microbiomes is largely unknown. We established a system with Arabidopsis to investigate such microbiome feedbacks. Intriguingly, Arabidopsis responded with improved growth and enhanced defence to a maize-conditioned soil microbiome.
New study: Benzoxazinoidâmediated microbiome feedbacks enhance Arabidopsis growth and defence - Stengele - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We just released a curated, fully genome sequence isolate collection from Maize roots (ZeaMiC). It is publicly available as individual strains and cost effective bundles from the amazing @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social culture collection
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
We hope to expand it in the future
Great to see this work published in New Phytologist! đ Itâs exciting to see the benzoxazinoid-conditioned soil microbiome in action. đŠ
This study represents an important step forward in understanding how plants shape their growth performance in response to soil microbiomesđ±
Benzoxazinoidâmediated microbiome feedbacks enhance Arabidopsis growth and defence
Stengele et al. @kschlaeppi.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We have published a protocol for the high-throughput chemical phenotyping of bacteria. 𧫠đ§Ș I began working with the this system over a decade ago and it has already driven key discoveries how maize root bacteria adapt to plant specialized metabolites. Thanks to all collaborators! đ
Customizable High-Throughput Chemical Phenotyping of Root Bacteria bio-protocol.org/en/bpdetail?...
We describe a flexible, scalable, robust, and affordable method for the chemical phenotyping of bacteria.
Credits go to @lisathoenen.bsky.social, Caitlin Giroud, Claudia Probst and in particular to our collaborators Liza Rouyer and @schandry.bsky.social (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany).
In this work led by *Charlotte Joller*, we established that a glass bead-based semi-hydroponic microcosm system enables the paralleled and time-resolved analysis of exudate and microbiome dynamics. Credits: @jan-waelchli.bsky.social, @nzamboni.bsky.social & Joelle Sasse Schlaepfer
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