RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.,
July 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Results
from an AgBiome research partnership has been published in Cell
Host and Microbe today for their scientific collaboration with the
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research. The paper, which
is titled "Modular traits of the Rhizobiales root microbiota and
their evolutionary relationship with symbiotic rhizobia," reports
research conducted by Dr. Ruben
Garrido-Oter and collaborators in the laboratory of
Paul Schulze-Lefert. By taking
advantage of the unique opportunity represented by AgBiome's
extensive proprietary microbe collection, Dr. Garrido-Oter was able
to analyze over one thousand microbial genomes and contribute
important fundamental observations about microbial interactions
with plants.
"At AgBiome, we are deeply curious about the interactions that
occur between plants and microbes, and about how microbes organize
themselves and co-evolve with plant hosts." says Dan Tomso, Chief Science Officer at AgBiome, "We
are thrilled that Paul and Ruben were able to use our strain
genomes to conduct this research and advance the field."
The close relationship between plants and microbes is the
subject of intense research globally. A deeper understanding
of crop-associated microbiomes will be critically important for
advancing agriculture and crop science in the coming years.
"Our study is a great example of how much information and
insight can be derived from first systematically isolating and
characterizing plant-associated microbes and their genomes and then
re-introducing the bacteria to germ-free plants to study their
individual and combined impact on plant physiology." says
Schulze-Lefert.
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