Abstract
Plant root-associated bacteria can confer protection against pathogen infection. By contrast, the beneficial effects of root endophytic fungi and their synergistic interactions with bacteria remain poorly defined. We demonstrate that the combined action of a fungal root endophyte from a widespread taxon with core bacterial microbiota members provides synergistic protection against an aggressive soil-borne pathogen in Arabidopsis thaliana and barley. We additionally reveal early inter-kingdom growth promotion benefits which are host and microbiota composition dependent. Using RNA-sequencing, we show that these beneficial activities are not associated with extensive host transcriptional reprogramming but rather with the modulation of expression of microbial effectors and carbohydrate-active enzymes.
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Claim · model-written summary
Fungal and bacterial partners synergistically protected Arabidopsis against a soil pathogen.
- Taxon
- Arabidopsis thaliana
Arabidopsis thalianae0 - Treatment
- combined action of a fungal root endophyte from a widespread taxon with core bacterial microbiota memberse0
- Interactor
- soil-borne pathogene0pathogen
- Second interactor
- Serendipita vermiferaSerendipita vermiferat0symbiont
- Outcome
- synergistic protection against an aggressive soil-borne pathogene0
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e0“combined action of a fungal root endophyte from a widespread taxon with core bacterial microbiota members provides synergistic protection against an aggressive soil-borne pathogen in Arabidopsis thaliana and barley”
t0“Serendipita vermifera”
Claim · model-written summary
Fungal and bacterial partners synergistically protected barley against a soil pathogen.
- Taxon
- barley
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Hordeum vulgaree0 - Treatment
- combined action of a fungal root endophyte from a widespread taxon with core bacterial microbiota memberse0
- Interactor
- soil-borne pathogene0pathogen
- Second interactor
- Serendipita vermiferaSerendipita vermiferat0symbiont
- Outcome
- synergistic protection against an aggressive soil-borne pathogene0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
.jpg?width=500)
Verbatim
e0“combined action of a fungal root endophyte from a widespread taxon with core bacterial microbiota members provides synergistic protection against an aggressive soil-borne pathogen in Arabidopsis thaliana and barley”
t0“Serendipita vermifera”
Claim · model-written summary
Early growth promotion depended on host and microbiota composition.
- Taxon
- Arabidopsis thaliana and barleyArabidopsis thalianaHordeum vulgaret0
- Interactor
- Serendipita vermiferaSerendipita vermiferat1symbiont
- Outcome
- growth promotion benefitse0
- Qualifier
- host and microbiota composition dependente0
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Verbatim
e0“early inter-kingdom growth promotion benefits which are host and microbiota composition dependent”
t0“Arabidopsis thaliana and barley”
t1“Serendipita vermifera”
Claim · model-written summary
Benefits were not accompanied by extensive host transcriptional reprogramming.
- Taxon
- Arabidopsis thaliana and barleyArabidopsis thalianaHordeum vulgaret0
- Interactor
- Serendipita vermiferaSerendipita vermiferat1symbiont
- Outcome
- host transcriptional reprogramminge0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“these beneficial activities are not associated with extensive host transcriptional reprogramming”
t0“Arabidopsis thaliana and barley”
t1“Serendipita vermifera”
Claim · model-written summary
Benefits involved altered microbial effector and carbohydrate active enzyme expression.
- Taxon
- Arabidopsis thaliana and barleyArabidopsis thalianaHordeum vulgaret0
- Interactor
- Serendipita vermiferaSerendipita vermiferat1symbiont
- Outcome
- expression of microbial effectors and carbohydrate-active enzymese0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“modulation of expression of microbial effectors and carbohydrate-active enzymes”
t0“Arabidopsis thaliana and barley”
t1“Serendipita vermifera”
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