Publications by authors named "Sabrina Sachs"
Article Synopsis
- The study explores the interactions between rice plants and a specific nitrogen-fixing endophyte (Azoarcus sp.) to see if similar signaling pathways used in other plant symbioses apply here.
- Researchers analyzed genes involved in a common signaling pathway and employed various methods to assess rice's response to the endophyte, as well as its defense mechanisms against a pathogen (Xoo).
- Findings indicate that while rice roots do undergo metabolic and signaling changes during endophytic colonization, the common signaling pathway is not critical for this interaction, and defense responses are less pronounced compared to pathogen-induced reactions.
Flagella mediate endophytic competence rather than act as MAMPS in rice-Azoarcus sp. strain BH72 interactions.
Mol Plant Microbe Interact
February 2012
Azoarcus sp. strain BH72 is an endophytic betaproteobacterium able to colonize rice roots without induction of visible disease symptoms. BH72 possesses one polar flagellum.
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