Recent advances in the role of plant metabolites in shaping the root microbiome

Richard P Jacoby; Li Chen; Melina Schwier; Anna Koprivova; Stanislav Kopriva

doi:10.12688/f1000research.21796.1

Recent advances in the role of plant metabolites in shaping the root microbiome

F1000Res. 2020 Feb 26:9:F1000 Faculty Rev-151. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.21796.1. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Richard P Jacoby¹, Li Chen¹, Melina Schwier¹, Anna Koprivova¹, Stanislav Kopriva¹

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Plant Sciences, Centre of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), University of Cologne, Cologne, 50674, Germany.

Abstract

The last decade brought great progress in describing the repertoire of microbes associated with plants and identifying principles of their interactions. Metabolites exuded by plant roots have been considered candidates for the mechanisms by which plants shape their root microbiome. Here, we review the evidence for several plant metabolites affecting plant interaction with microbes belowground. We also discuss the development of new approaches to study the mechanisms of such interaction that will help to elucidate the metabolic networks in the rhizosphere.

Keywords: Arabidopsis; GWAS; exometabolomics; microbiome; plant; plant metabolites; plant microbe interactions; synthetic community.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Microbiota*
Plant Roots / microbiology*
Plants / chemistry*
Rhizosphere*
Soil Microbiology*

Grants and funding

The authors are funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, the German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy (EXC-Nummer 2048/1, project 390686111 to SK and AK), by a Humboldt Research Fellowship, and previously by a Horizon 2020 Marie Curie Sklodowska Action project (705808 – PINBAC to RPJ) and within the DFG SPP 2125 DECRyPT (to LC and MS).