Eric Kemen

TL;DR: The identification of microbial “hubs” and their importance in phyllosphere microbiome structuring has crucial implications for plant–pathogen and microbe–microbe research and opens new entry points for ecosystem management and future targeted biocontrol.

TL;DR: Genetic differences between Arabidopsis thaliana accessions underlie the plant’s extensive phenotypic variation, and until now these have been interpreted largely in the context of the annotated reference accession Col-0.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the bacterial microbiota is essential for plant survival and protection against root-derived filamentous eukaryotes and biocontrol activity of bacterial root commensals is a redundant trait that maintains microbial interkingdom balance for plant health.

TL;DR: The genome sequence of the oomycete Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis is reported, an obligate biotroph and natural pathogen of Arabidopsis thaliana, which exhibits dramatic reductions in genes encoding RXLR effectors, proteins associated with zoospore formation and motility, and enzymes for assimilation of inorganic nitrogen and sulfur.

TL;DR: The localization of RTP1p suggests that it might play an important role in the maintenance of the biotrophic interaction and is identified in the related rust fungus Uromyces striatus.