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:10.1128/mSystems.00864-21

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

Affiliations

Yicen Lin: Bacterial Interactions and Evolution Group, DTU Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Monica Alstrup: Bacterial Interactions and Evolution Group, DTU Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Janet Ka Yan Pang: Bacterial Interactions and Evolution Group, DTU Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Gergely Maróti: Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
Mériem Er-Rafik: National Centre for Nano Fabrication and Characterization, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Nicolas Tourasse: Université Bordeaux, CNRS, INSERM, ARNA, UMR 5320, U1212, Bordeaux, France
Ole Andreas Økstad: ORCiD; Centre for Integrative Microbial Evolution, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Ákos T. Kovács: ORCiD; Bacterial Interactions and Evolution Group, DTU Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

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.

Published in mSystems

ISSN: 2379-5077 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/msystems

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