Plant-Microbe interactions
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Studying the interactions between Streptomyces bacteria and plant roots
In recent years it has become clear that actinomycete bacteria like Streptomyces species are not simply free-living soil bacteria. They also interact with plant roots and can colonise the rhizosphere and endosphere (inside the roots)
Further Reading
Worsley SF, Macey MM, Prudence, SMM, Wilkinson B, Murrell JC, Hutchings MI* (2021). Investigating the role of root exudates in recruiting Streptomyces bacteria to the Arabidopsis thaliana microbiome. Frontiers in Molecular Bioscience, 8:686110
Prudence SMM, Newitt JN, Worsley SF, Macey MM, Murrell JC, Lehtovirta LE*, Hutchings MI* (2021). Soil, senescence and exudate utilisation: Characterisation of the Paragon var. spring bread wheat root microbiome. Environmental Microbiome 16:12.
