Scanning a microhabitat: plant-microbe interactions revealed by confocal laser microscopy.

ABSTRACT: No plant or cryptogam exists in nature without microorganisms associated with its tissues. Plants as microbial hosts are puzzles of different microhabitats, each of them colonized by specifically adapted microbiomes. The interactions with such microorganisms have drastic effects on the host fitness. Since the last 20 years, the combination of microscopic tools and molecular approaches contributed to new insights into microbe-host interactions. Particularly, confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) facilitated the exploration of microbial habitats and allowed the observation of host-associated microorganisms in situ with an unprecedented accuracy. Here I present an overview of the progresses made in the study of the interactions between microorganisms and plants or plant-like organisms, fo

SUBMITTER: Cardinale M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3945399 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature