Journal
COMPUTATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
Volume 18, Issue -, Pages 3539-3554Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2020.11.025
Keywords
Pseudomonas; Rhizosphere; Colonization; Determinants; PGPR; Biocontrol
Funding
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- New Brunswick Innovation Foundation
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Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) actively colonize the soil portion under the influence of plant roots, called the rhizosphere. Many plant-beneficial Pseudomonas spp. have been characterized as PGPR. They are ubiquitous rod-shaped motile Gram-negative bacteria displaying a high metabolic versatility. Their capacity to protect plants from pathogens and improve plant growth closely depends on their rhizosphere colonization abilities. Various molecular and cellular mechanisms are involved in this complex process, such as chemotaxis, biofilm formation, secondary metabolites biosynthesis, metabolic versatility, and evasion of plant immunity. The burst in Pseudomonas spp. genome sequencing in recent years has been crucial to better understand how they colonize the rhizosphere. In this review, we discuss the recent advances regarding these mechanisms and the underlying bacterial genetic factors required for successful rhizosphere colonization. Crown Copyright (C) 2020 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Research Network of Computational and Structural Biotechnology.
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