Journal article
The influence of contrasting microbial lifestyles on the pre-symbiotic metabolite responses of Eucalyptus grandis roots
JWH Wong, A Lutz, S Natera, M Wang, V Ng, I Grigoriev, F Martin, U Roessner, IC Anderson, JM Plett
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA | Published : 2019
Abstract
Plant roots co-inhabit the soil with a diverse consortium of microbes of which a number attempt to enter symbiosis with the plant. These microbes may be pathogenic, mutualistic, or commensal. Hence, the health and survival of plants is heavily reliant on their ability to perceive different microbial lifestyles and respond appropriately. Emerging research suggests that there is a pivotal role for plant root secondary metabolites in responding to microbial colonization. However, it is largely unknown if plants are able to differentiate between microbes of different lifestyles and respond differently during the earliest stages of pre-symbiosis (i.e., prior to physical contact). In studying plan..
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Funding Acknowledgements
JW would like to thank Western Sydney University for a PhD research scholarship and JP would like to acknowledge the Australian Research Council for research funding (DE150100408). We would also like to thank J. Rigg, E. Liew, and M. Laurence from the Botanic Gardens & Centennial Parklands for providing isolates of Armillaria luteobubalina and Phytophthora cinnamomi and S. Hortal for providing the Richmond isolates of A. luteobubalina and Suillus. The metabolite analysis was conducted at Metabolomics Australia (School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia), a NCRIS initiative under Bioplatforms Australia Pty Ltd. We would like to thank K. Plett for aid in metabolic compound identification. FM's research group is funded by the Laboratory of Excellence ARBRE (ANR-11-LABX-0002-01) and the Region Lorraine Research Council. The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. We would also like to acknowledge the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Services for approving the collection of the Pisolithus fruiting bodies (scientific license number S13146).