mSystems (Oct 2021)

Adaptation of Bacillus thuringiensis to Plant Colonization Affects Differentiation and Toxicity

  • Yicen Lin,
  • Monica Alstrup,
  • Janet Ka Yan Pang,
  • Gergely Maróti,
  • Mériem Er-Rafik,
  • Nicolas Tourasse,
  • Ole Andreas Økstad,
  • Ákos T. Kovács

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00864-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 5

Abstract

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Biologicals-based plant protection relies on the use of safe microbial strains. During application of biologicals to the rhizosphere, microbes adapt to the niche, including genetic mutations shaping the physiology of the cells.