Bacterial Plant Communities: Diversity, Molecular Interactions, and Plant Growth Promotion, 3rd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

In recent decades, based on the knowledge about plant bacterial communities, it is evident that an important bacterial diversity is present in the environment, where plants are able to model these populations. The development of next-generation sequencing (NGS) and transcriptomics techniques has allowed us to delve into bacterial diversity, contributing to a complete view of culturable and nonculturable plant-associated bacteria. It should also be noted that, in recent years, the study of bacterial populations associated with plants has allowed the identification of a high number of new species, and genome sequencing has revealed a more complete view of the metabolism and the relationship of bacteria that inhabit these environments. These bacteria will have a key role in the development of efficient agricultural strategies to achieve higher crop production and better crop adaptation to future climatic conditions. In this way, some bacteria present a high biotechnological profile due to their ability to produce a plant growth-promoting mechanism, which has a positive effect on the development and health of plants. For this reason, the integration between metagenomic and culturomic techniques is essential to achieve a global vision that allows knowing the population dynamics and their biotechnological applications in modern agriculture.

This Special Issue will focus on providing the current view of the diversity and importance of bacterial populations associated with plants through culturomic, metagenomic, and molecular approaches, the relationship between community members, their relationship with their hosts, and their importance in plant nutrition.

Dr. José David Flores-Félix
Guest Editor

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• rhizobacteria
• endophytes
• epiphytes
• rhizosphere
• phyllosphere
• plant growth-promoting bacteria
• plant microbiome
• plant–microbe transcriptomic
• plant–microbe interactions
• culturomic microbiote
• quorum sensing

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