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CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 49, Issue -, Pages 7-17Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2019.08.003
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- Office of Science (BER), U.S. Department of Energy [DE-SC0014395]
- National Science INSPIRE grant [10S-1343020]
- Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences
- N.I.H Training Grant [T32GM135123]
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Plant immune receptors perceive microbial molecules and initiate an array of biochemical responses that are effective against most invaders. The role of the plant immune system in detecting and controlling pathogenic microorganism has been well described. In contrast, much less is known about plant immunity in the context of the wealth of commensals that inhabit plants. Recent research indicates that, just like pathogens, commensals in the plant microbiome can suppress or evade host immune responses. Moreover, the plant immune system has an active role in microbiome assembly and controls microbial homeostasis in response to environmental variation. We propose that the plant immune system shapes the microbiome, and that the microbiome expands plant immunity and acts as an additional layer of defense against pathogenic organisms.
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