Leonard S. van Overbeek

TL;DR: This review addresses the concept of endophytism, considering the latest insights into evolution, plant ecosystem functioning, and multipartite interactions.

TL;DR: The modulation of ethylene levels in plants by bacterially produced 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase is a key trait that enables interference with the physiology of the host plant, and this mechanism leads to the concept of 'competent' endophytes, defined asendophytes that are equipped with genes important for maintenance of plant-endophyte associations.

TL;DR: Assessment of the endophytic bacterrial community of surface-sterilized rice seeds, encompassing two consecutive rice generations, showed that soil type is a major effector of the bacterial endophytes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of plant genotype, soil type and nutrient use efficiency on the composition of different bacterial communities associated with rice roots were investigated using PCR, followed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE).

TL;DR: Strain P9 is an avid colonizer of potato plants, competing with microbial populations indigenous to the potato phytosphere, and has an important and previously unexplored effect on plant-associated communities.