Unraveling the plant microbiome: Looking back and future perspectives

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Berg, Gabriele ^a,b   Grube, Martin ^c   Schloter, Michael ^d   Smalla, Kornelia ^e  

^a AUSTRIAN CENTRE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Meta organisms; Plant growth promotion; Plant microbiome; Plant microbe interaction; Stress protection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLAVONOID;

BACILLUS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BURKHOLDERIA; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOSPHERE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT MICROBE INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; RHIZOSPHERE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 84905177121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00148     Document Type: Review

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