Metabolic plasticity of STm Hardt lab Microbiology_ETH reveals metabolic adaptations of #Salmonella Typhimurium to changes during infection, i.e. diversification of mixed-acid fermentation & use of partial TCA cycle in response to redox & nutritional changes cell.com/cell-host-micr…

Imagine that you could zoom in on bacterial communities to watch them grow and interact in micro-habitats! How would it be? Check out my first PhD publication on bacterial interactions inside microfluidic droplets! #bacteria #microbiology #ecology nature.com/articles/s4146…

We found a way to implant bacteria 🦠 in fungi 🍄and used it to induce artificial endosymbiosis. Read all about it in our newest research paper nature . nature.com/articles/s4158…

The virtual issue: "The chemical language of plant–microbe–microbe associations" is out New Phytologist! All selected articles are available here: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.111… See also our editorial (with Francis M. Martin): nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Big thanks to all authors and Holly Slater!

#Xanthomonas pathogens are stuck in hydathodes for weeks(!) and cannot traverse to the xylem vasculature if they lack four specific cell wall degrading enzymes. Tremendous effort and beautiful “Xantho-blots” by @MishaPaauw Harrold van den Burg biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Have you ever seen Arabidopsis lighting up like a Christmas tree🎄? – it’s always the right season for this! Try our new imaging setup to follow bioluminescent bacteria💡inside plants over time. Great work by our group Nanne Taks Harrold van den Burg biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

An efflux pump family distributed across plant commensal bacteria conditions host- and organ-specific detoxification of a host-specific glucosinolate biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Benzoxazinoid-mediated microbiome feedbacks enhance Arabidopsis growth and defense biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_plants

Community standards and future opportunities for synthetic communities in plant–microbiota research nature.com/articles/s4156…

A peptide-receptor module links cell wall integrity sensing to pattern-triggered immunity nature.com/articles/s4147…

New Article: "A peptide-receptor module links cell wall integrity sensing to pattern-triggered immunity" rdcu.be/dY16R MIK2 - SCOOP18 connects cell wall integrity sensing with pattern-triggered immunity through transcriptional reprogramming.

Preprint alert!🦠 We introduce a new global microbial trend that parallels established ecological concepts in animals/plants. Closely related taxa share more similar communities- this can be traced back for billions of years in all phyla and environments. doi.org/10.1101/2024.1…

Plant pattern recognition receptors: from evolutionary insight to engineering nature.com/articles/s4157…

Our latest paper Cell Host & Microbe, SFB_1403, CEPLAS is online: "A nucleoside signal generated by a fungal endophyte regulates host cell death and promotes root colonization". Many thanks to Nick Dunken and the fantastic team of scientists involved. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New OA Article: "Plant microbiota feedbacks through dose-responsive expression of general non-self response genes" rdcu.be/d2gCJ The plant general non-self response system is triggered by leaf microbiota members and, in turn, impacts their colonization.

Plants finely tune their microbiome! Andreas Keppler from the #Vorholtlab reveals GNSR as dose-responsive perception and signaling system, feeding back to leaf microbiota and maintaining the balance of plant–microbiome interactions. ETH Zürich Microbiology_ETH nature.com/articles/s4147…

Immunity versus community: Leaf bacteria activate dose-dependent immune responses that shape the plant microbiota. A dynamic feedback described in Nature Plants by the #VorholtLab at ETH Zürich Zurich. More: biol.ethz.ch/en/news-and-ev…. Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s41477….