Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

This study shows oxidative stress shifts diatom-bacteria interactions from mutualistic to opportunistic by altering nutrient transfer and bacterial resource acquisition strategies.

This study shows that XopQ, a bacterial virulence protein, cleaves 2'cADPR to suppress plant TIR immune signaling and promote pathogen virulence.

This study shows that loss of PR1 function in Arabidopsis enhances resistance to Botrytis cinerea but increases susceptibility to Pseudomonas syringae.

This paper identifies AvrStb6 as a fungal effector that protects Zymoseptoria tritici from antagonistic wheat-associated bacteria by associating with the fungal cell wall.

The paper identifies CKL3 and Nup58 as key regulators of effector-triggered immunity by linking Ca2+ influx to nuclear transport reprogramming.

This study identifies the molecular mechanism by which the plant immune receptor LORE binds and responds to 3-hydroxy fatty acid ligands through a dynamic loop in its G-type lectin domain.

This study compares the immune responses triggered by Cf-4 and Cf-5 in tomato, showing shared upstream mechanisms but divergent downstream signaling and transcriptional reprogramming, without affecting resistance robustness.

This study characterizes the genomic and phenotypic traits of Enterococcus lactis strains from semi-arid environments, revealing their adaptive mechanisms and potential as bioinoculants for sustainable agriculture.

This study identifies conserved TIR-only proteins in dicots and monocots that promote basal immunity and transcriptional defense independently of NLR pathways.

This study investigates how late blight infection in potato cultivars alters rhizosphere microbial communities and identifies biocontrol strains from resistant cultivars.

This study characterizes the bacterial communities in different compartments of Citrullus colocynthis in a semi-arid ecosystem, revealing compartment-specific diversity and functional traits related to stress tolerance and plant colonization.

The paper uses co-proteomic analysis to study how Arabidopsis and Botrytis cinerea interact during infection, revealing metabolite-specific responses and a novel enzyme involved in detoxification.

This study identifies how extracellular NAD(P) activates systemic acquired resistance by phosphorylating NPR1 via LecRK-VI.2, linking immune signal perception to transcriptional activation.

This study shows extracellular salicylic acid activates immune signaling via cell-surface receptors LecRK-I.8 and LecRK-VI.2 in Arabidopsis.

The paper analyzes how chronic inorganic fertilization alters evolutionary trajectories and induces a regulatory shield in maize rhizosphere bacteria through population-genomic analysis.

This study shows how a plant pathogen effector blocks the stepwise assembly of a helper NLR resistosome by stabilizing an intermediate state.

The paper compares microbial community structure and soil nutrients in healthy and diseased ginger soils, finding significant differences in pH, nutrient content, and microbial diversity.

The paper shows a plant immune receptor evolved to mimic a pathogen's target, enabling it to recognize and respond to a virulence effector.

The paper characterizes the taxonomic composition and predicted functional potential of a commercial microbiome-based fertilizer additive and agricultural soils in Paraguay, revealing functional overlap with plant-associated microbiomes and conserved functional profiles across soil types.

This study identifies Cpi1, a membrane-anchored protease inhibitor in Pseudomonas that inhibits plant PLCPs, enhancing bacterial root colonization by modulating immune responses.

This study shows autophagy coordinates cell-type-specific immunity in plants by modulating immune responses in guard cells and mesophyll cells during Pseudomonas syringae infection.

This study engineers a barley NLR receptor to enhance resistance against rice and wheat blast pathogens by improving its interaction with effector molecules.

This study shows how antibiotics and copper alter compartment-specific microbiomes in tomato plants, increasing susceptibility to disease by disrupting microbial functions and community structure.

The paper presents a multi-omic dataset examining microbial exometabolite responses to root exudates from six tallgrass prairie plant species and a model grass under controlled conditions.

This study links fungal community composition to plant phenotype under moderate warming by showing fungal variation better predicts phenotypic responses than host-microbiome origin matching.

This study examines how host-specific fungal pathogens influence leaf microbiota in wild grasses, showing virulent pathogens affect fungal communities while avirulent ones negatively correlate with bacteria.

This study introduces a soil microcosm to reconstruct and analyze hyphosphere bacterial communities in plant-associated soils, revealing distinct microbial composition and structure.

This study investigates how genotype, environment, and rhizosphere microbiome interactions influence heat response in maize and sorghum using a systems-level metatranscriptomics approach.

The paper uses protein foundation models to predict microbial root competence across bacteria, finding that these models outperform traditional methods when predicting traits in evolutionarily distant species.

This paper identifies VdAve1, an antimicrobial effector from the fungal pathogen Verticillium dahliae, and shows it kills bacteria by binding lipoteichoic acid and disrupting plasma membranes.