Autoinducer-2 relieves soil stress-induced dormancy of Bacillus velezensis by modulating sporulation signaling.

The collective behavior of bacteria is regulated by quorum sensing (QS). Autoinducer-2 (AI-2) is a common QS signal that regulates the behavior of both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Despite the plethora of processes described to be influenced by AI-2 in diverse Gram-negative bacteria, the AI-2-regulated processes in Bacilli are relatively unexplored.

Nonpathogenic Pseudomonas syringae derivatives and its metabolites trigger the plant "cry for help" response to assemble disease suppressing and growth promoting rhizomicrobiome.

Plants are capable of assembling beneficial rhizomicrobiomes through a "cry for help" mechanism upon pathogen infestation; however, it remains unknown whether we can use nonpathogenic strains to induce plants to assemble a rhizomicrobiome against pathogen invasion. Here, we used a series of derivatives of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 to elicit different levels of the immune response to Arabidopsis and revealed that two nonpathogenic DC3000 derivatives induced the beneficial soil-borne legacy, demonstrating a similar "cry for help" triggering effect as the wild-type DC3000.

Plant commensal type VII secretion system causes iron leakage from roots to promote colonization.

Competition for iron is an important factor for microbial niche establishment in the rhizosphere. Pathogenic and beneficial symbiotic bacteria use various secretion systems to interact with their hosts and acquire limited resources from the environment. Bacillus spp.

Changes in nutrient balance, environmental effects, and green development after returning farmland to forests: A case study in Ningxia, China.

Returning sloping farmland (>25°) to forest/grassland (RFTF) is an effective ecological measure for soil and water conservation. However, changes in nutrient cycles and green development are still unclear. Ningxia, in Northwestern China, began to implement RFTF in 2000.

Achievement of Both Mechanical Properties and Intrinsic Self-Healing under Body Temperature in Polyurethane Elastomers: A Synthesis Strategy from Waterborne Polymers.

Inspired by the growing demand for smart and environmentally friendly polymer materials, we employed 2,2'-disulfanediyldianiline (22DTDA) as a chain extender to synthesize a waterborne polyurethane (WPUR). Due to the ortho-substituted structure of the aromatic disulfide, the urea moieties formed a unique microphase structure in the WPUR, its mechanical strength was enhanced more 180 times relative to that of the material prepared without 22DTDA, and excellent self-healing abilities at body temperature in air or under ultrasound in water were obtained. If the self-healing process was carried out at 37 °C, 50 °C or under ultrasound, the ultimate tensile strength and elongation at break of the healed film could reach 13.