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What term is used to describe the disease-preventing members of the resident microbiota?
What term is used to describe the disease-preventing members of the resident microbiota?
How do native members of the resident microbiota potentially impact host plants?
How do native members of the resident microbiota potentially impact host plants?
What is the emerging concept that describes microbial consortia associated with disease progression?
What is the emerging concept that describes microbial consortia associated with disease progression?
What aspect of the pathobiome remains largely unexplored in plants?
What aspect of the pathobiome remains largely unexplored in plants?
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What has recent evidence suggested about the inoculation of microbiota from diseased plants into healthy plants?
What has recent evidence suggested about the inoculation of microbiota from diseased plants into healthy plants?
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What is the primary focus of the plant pathobiome concept?
What is the primary focus of the plant pathobiome concept?
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How does quorum sensing (QS) influence bacterial behavior?
How does quorum sensing (QS) influence bacterial behavior?
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Which role does quorum quenching (QQ) play in microbial interactions?
Which role does quorum quenching (QQ) play in microbial interactions?
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What is a potential outcome of the mutualistic relationships among microbial members in the plant pathobiome?
What is a potential outcome of the mutualistic relationships among microbial members in the plant pathobiome?
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What has the advancement of multiomics contributed to our understanding of plant microbiota?
What has the advancement of multiomics contributed to our understanding of plant microbiota?
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Study Notes
Plant Microbiome and Pathogenesis
- Plant microbiome encompasses the resident microbiota and their produced molecules.
- Interactions are multifaceted, involving intramicrobiome, multitrophic interactions (host plants, microbes, insects).
- These interactions influence plant health, impacting agriculture and global food security.
- Prior research highlighted beneficial microbiome roles in plant health and fitness improvement.
- "Soterobionts," disease-preventing microbiota members, act as a defense against pathogens.
Pathobiome Concept
- Some native microbiota members can be pathogenic; abundance fluctuations can cause disease.
- Pathogens can manipulate native microbiota to aid pathogenesis.
- Host-microbe interactions in disease are now understood as "pathobiome."
- Inoculating healthy plants with diseased plant microbiota can cause damage, opposing soterobiont effect.
- Pathobiome's role in disease onset and progression requires further study.
Microbial Interactions
- Multiomics advances have illuminated structural and functional plant microbiota diversity.
- Pathogenesis understanding has evolved beyond single pathogen-single disease.
- Plant microbiome soterobionts provide defense, but the pathobiome's role in infections requires understanding.
- Mutualistic relationships between invasive pathogens and native microbes negatively affect plant health.
- This impacts plant homeostasis and disease progression.
- Microbial interactions are complex (intraspecies, interspecies, interkingdom).
Intra- and Interspecies Signaling
- Intraspecies microbial communication common through chemical signaling.
- Quorum sensing (QS) is a well-known intraspecies signaling system—bacteria sense population density (regulating motility, biofilm, etc.).
- Similar quorum regulation observed in fungal communities.
- Interspecies interactions are more complex and nuanced.
- Quorum quenching (QQ) represents a widespread interspecies interaction where symbiotic bacteria hinder pathogenic QS.
- Example: Microbacterium testaceum interferes with Pectobacterium carotovorum QS using AiiM, a lactonase that reduces pathogen virulence.
Mutualistic Relationships
- Mutualism is prevalent in natural microbial communities—indirect benefits for involved species.
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Explore the intricate relationships within the plant microbiome and its effects on health and pathogenesis. This quiz covers key concepts like soterobionts and the pathobiome, highlighting their roles in agriculture and disease dynamics. Understand how microbial interactions are crucial for plant health and food security.
