Role of Quorum Sensing in Plant Microbiome: Advances and Prospects
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 124
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Interests: rhizosphere engeneering; sustainable agriculture; plant–bacteria interactions; rhizobia–legume symbioses; plant growth promotion; microbe–plant signaling
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Dear Colleagues,
As is well known, plants harbor a community of microorganisms, forming a complex microbial ecosystem that significantly influences their growth, development, and stress tolerance. Despite remarkable progress in understanding this diverse microbial world, significant gaps remain in our knowledge regarding how these interactions are regulated, how they influence the assembly of the plant microbiome, and how they ultimately impact plant health. Therefore, a deeper understanding of signalomics is essential to uncover the various potentials of microbiome–plant interactions and harness these potentials for agricultural purposes.
Microbes communicate through signaling molecules that influence gene expression. Communication among microbes occurs through quorum sensing (QS), a cell-to-cell signaling process involving cell density-dependent coordination. QS includes the synthesis, release, and detection of chemical signals known as autoinducers, which regulate bacterial functions such as biofilm formation, adhesion, motility, propagation, virulence, metabolism, and symbiotic association. These processes play crucial roles in plant–microbe interactions. A holistic understanding of these communication pathways can aid in developing tailored microbial inoculants for enhanced plant growth and targeted disease suppression.
This Special Issue delves into recent research on plant–microbe interactions. It specifically focuses on unraveling the molecular signaling within the intricate microbial communities that are associated with plants. Studies that shed light on this communication are particularly welcome. They will help us to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the recruitment and assembly of functionally diverse plant microbiota from the environment. Unveiling how these microbial communities are assembled is a key challenge in plant microbiome research. This knowledge will provide a crucial foundation for the precise manipulation of these communities for agricultural benefit.
Dr. Clarisse Brígido
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- quorum sensing
- quorum quenching
- rhizosphere signaling
- signaling molecules
- N-Acyl-L-homoserine lactones
- AHLs
- microbiome
- chemical molecules
- sustainable agriculture
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