Adaptation of Bacillus thuringiensis to Plant Colonization Affects Differentiation and Toxicity

• DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00864-21
• Publication Date: 2021-10-12T20:44:21Z
• Authors: Yicen Lin; Monica Alstrup; Janet Ka Yan Pang; Gergely Maróti; Mériem Er-Rafik; Nicolas Tourasse; Ole Andreas Økstad; Ákos T. Kovács
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 570; 0303 health sciences; Arabidopsis thaliana; pathogenesis; Plant-microbe interaction; Bacillus thuringiensis; Pathogenesis; QR Microbiology / mikrobiológia; 15. Life on land; Microbiology; QR1-502; 03 medical and health sciences; Experimental evolution; QK10 Plant physiology / növényélettan; experimental evolution; plant-microbe interaction; Research Article

Biologicals-based plant protection relies on the use of safe microbial strains. During application of biologicals to the rhizosphere, microbes adapt to the niche, including genetic mutations shaping the physiology of the cells.