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ArticleThe ISME journal2024

Predatory protists impact plant performance by promoting plant growth-promoting rhizobacterial consortia.

Sai Guo, Stefan Geisen, Yani Mo, Xinyue Yan, Ruoling Huang, Hongjun Liu, Zhilei Gao, Chengyuan Tao, Xuhui Deng, Wu Xiong and 3 more

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Article in The ISME journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Sai GuoThe Sanya Institute of the Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab of Solid Organic Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Solid Organic Wastes, Educational Ministry Engineering Center of Resource-saving fertilizers, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Provice 210095, P. R. China.
Stefan GeisenLaboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University, Wageningen 6700 AA, the Netherlands.
Yani MoThe Sanya Institute of the Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab of Solid Organic Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Solid Organic Wastes, Educational Ministry Engineering Center of Resource-saving fertilizers, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Provice 210095, P. R. China.
Xinyue YanThe Sanya Institute of the Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab of Solid Organic Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Solid Organic Wastes, Educational Ministry Engineering Center of Resource-saving fertilizers, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Provice 210095, P. R. China.
Ruoling HuangThe Sanya Institute of the Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab of Solid Organic Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Solid Organic Wastes, Educational Ministry Engineering Center of Resource-saving fertilizers, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Provice 210095, P. R. China.
Hongjun LiuThe Sanya Institute of the Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab of Solid Organic Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Solid Organic Wastes, Educational Ministry Engineering Center of Resource-saving fertilizers, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Provice 210095, P. R. China.
Zhilei GaoDepartment of Research and Innovation, EUROstyle BV, Ecomunitypark 1, Oosterwolde 8431 SM, the Netherlands.
Chengyuan TaoThe Sanya Institute of the Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab of Solid Organic Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Solid Organic Wastes, Educational Ministry Engineering Center of Resource-saving fertilizers, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Provice 210095, P. R. China.
Xuhui DengThe Sanya Institute of the Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab of Solid Organic Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Solid Organic Wastes, Educational Ministry Engineering Center of Resource-saving fertilizers, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Provice 210095, P. R. China.
Wu XiongThe Sanya Institute of the Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab of Solid Organic Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Solid Organic Wastes, Educational Ministry Engineering Center of Resource-saving fertilizers, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Provice 210095, P. R. China.
Qirong ShenThe Sanya Institute of the Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab of Solid Organic Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Solid Organic Wastes, Educational Ministry Engineering Center of Resource-saving fertilizers, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Provice 210095, P. R. China.
George A KowalchukEcology and Biodiversity Group, Department of Biology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, Utrecht 3584 CH, the Netherlands.
Rong LiThe Sanya Institute of the Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab of Solid Organic Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Solid Organic Wastes, Educational Ministry Engineering Center of Resource-saving fertilizers, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Provice 210095, P. R. China.

Funding

Achievement Transformation Fund project of the Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University NAUSY-CG-ZD-01Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities KJJQ2024020National Key Research and Development Program 2023YFE0104700
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plant performance is impacted by rhizosphere bacteria. These bacteria are subjected to both bottom-up control by root exudates as well as top-down control by predators, particularly protists. Protists stimulate plant growth-promoting microbes resulting in improved plant performance. However, knowledge of the mechanisms that determine the interconnections within such tripartite protist-bacteria-plant interactions remains limited. We conducted experiments examining the effects of different densities of the predatory protist Cercomonas lenta on rhizosphere bacterial communities, specifically zooming on interactions between Cercomonas lenta and key bacterial taxa, as well as interactions among key bacterial taxa. We tracked rhizosphere bacterial community composition, potential microbial interactions, and plant performance. We found that Cercomonas lenta inoculation led to an average increase in plant biomass of 92.0%. This effect was linked to an increase in plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (Pseudomonas and Sphingomonas) and a decrease in bacteria (Chitinophaga) that negatively impact on plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria. We also found evidence for cooperative enhancements in biofilm formation within the plant growth-promoting rhizobacterial consortium. Cercomonas lenta enhanced a plant growth-promoting rhizobacterial consortium colonization by promoting its cooperative biofilm formation in the rhizosphere, leading to a 14.5% increase in phosphate solubilization that benefits plant growth. Taken together, we provide mechanistic insights into how the predatory protist Cercomonas lenta impacts plant growth, namely by stimulating plant beneficial microbes and enhancing their interactive activities such as biofilm formation. Predatory protists may therefore represent promising biological agents that can contribute to sustainable agricultural practices by promoting interactions between the plant and its microbiome.

Indexed as

Plant DevelopmentPlant RootsRhizosphereSoil MicrobiologyBacteriaBiofilmsBiomassCercozoaMicrobial ConsortiaMicrobial InteractionsMicrobiotaplant growth-promoting rhizobacteriaplant performance enhancementpredatory protistsrhizosphere microbial interactions

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PMID39312488
PMCPMC11459550

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