The plant microbiome and its importance for plant and human health

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

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

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial communities; Biocontrol; Endophytes; FISH technology; Omics technologies; Plant microbiome; Plant microbe interaction; Stress control

Indexed keywords

PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SYNBIOTIC AGENT;

ABIOTIC STRESS; BIOTIC STRESS; ECOSYSTEM; EDITORIAL; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEAF AREA; LONGEVITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOME; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SHOOT; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; VEGETABLE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84907618673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00491     Document Type: Editorial

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