Cooperation, Competition, and Specialized Metabolism in a Simplified Root Nodule Microbiome.

ABSTRACT: Microbiomes associated with various plant structures often contain members with the potential to make specialized metabolites, e.g., molecules with antibacterial, antifungal, or siderophore activities. However, when and where microbes associated with plants produce specialized metabolites, and the potential role of these molecules in mediating intramicrobiome interactions, is not well understood. Root nodules of legume plants are organs devoted to hosting symbiotic bacteria that fix atmospheric nitrogen and have recently been shown to harbor a relatively simple accessory microbiome containing members with the ability to produce specialized metabolites in vitro On the basis of these observations, we sought to develop a model nodule microbiome system for evaluating specialized microbial meta

SUBMITTER: Hansen BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7448283 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature