Research reveals a new strategy for Bacillus to achieve rhizosphere colonization

Rhizosphere microorganisms are the second genome of plants and play an important role in plant growth and health.

However, the research on plant immunity has always been centered on pathogenic microorganisms and their symbiotic bacteria (such as rhizobia and mycorrhizal fungi).

Recently, "Plants, Cells and Environment" published online the latest research results of the agricultural microbial resources team of the School of Resources and Environmental Sciences of Nanjing Agricultural University on the strategy of responding to plant immune defense oxygen outbreaks during the rhizosphere colonization of beneficial bacillus.

Plants can recognize the conserved microbial-related molecular patterns produced by bacteria to generate basic immunity, which is accompanied by a burst of reactive oxygen species.

The study shows that probiotic bacillus and pathogenic bacteria adopt different strategies to deal with the problem of active oxygen outbreaks in plants.

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