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Bacterial leaf symbiosis in angiosperms Meise Botanic Garden KU Leuven Ghent University
Bacterial leaf symbiosis is a unique and intimate interaction between bacteria and flowering plants, in which endosymbionts are organized in specialized leaf structures. Previously, bacterial leaf symbiosis has been described as a cyclic and obligate interaction in which the endosymbionts are vertically transmitted between plant generations and lack autonomous growth. Theoretically this allows for co-speciation between leaf nodulated plants ...
Bacterial leaf symbiosis – Origin, function, evolutionary gain, and transmission mode of endophytes in bacteriophilous Rubiaceae KU Leuven
Interactions between plants and symbiotic microorganisms are one of the most widespread and prevalent mutualisms on Earth. Most research focuses on plant-bacteria interactions with immediate applications. Although not illogical, such narrow focus has the inherent risk of ignoring associations that might prove beneficial in the future. In Rubiaceae, several species interact with Burkholderia bacteria that are present in the leaves. Basic ...
Bacterial leaf symbiosis Origin, function, evolutionary gain and transmission mode of endophytes in bacteriophilous Rubiaceae Meise Botanic Garden
Interactions between plants and symbiotic microorganisms are one of the most widespread and prevalent mutualisms on Earth. Most research focuses on plant-bacteria interactions with immediate applications. Although not illogical, such narrow focus has the inherent risk of ignoring associations that might prove beneficial in the future. In Rubiaceae, several species interact with Burkholderia bacteria that are present in the leaves. Basic ...
Is the bacterial leaf nodule symbiosis obligate for Psychotria umbellata? The development of a Burkholderia-free host plant Meise Botanic Garden KU Leuven
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The bacterial leaf nodule symbiosis is an interaction where bacteria are housed in specialised structures in the leaves of their plant host. In the Rubiaceae plant family, host plants interact with Burkholderia bacteria. This interaction might play a role in the host plant defence system. It is unique due to its high specificity; the vertical transmission of the endophyte to the next generation of the host plant; and its ...
[Poster] The effect of bacterial leaf symbiosis on biodiversity of the genus Psychotria (Rubiaceae) Meise Botanic Garden
Non-nodulated bacterial leaf symbiosis promotes the evolutionary success of its host plants in the coffee family (Rubiaceae) KU Leuven
Every plant species on Earth interacts in some way or another with microorganisms and it is well known that certain forms of symbiosis between different organisms can drive evolution. Within some clades of Rubiaceae (coffee family), a specific plant-bacteria interaction exists in which non-pathological endophytes are present in the leaves of their hosts. It is hypothesized that the bacterial endophytes, either alone or by interacting with the ...