Gazing into the anthosphere: considering how microbes influence floral evolution

A soil bacterium alters sex determination and rhizoid development in gametophytes of the fern Ceratopteris richardii

(2019) Michael T Ganger et al.   AoB Plants

Microenvironment and microbial community in the rhizosphere of dioecious Populus cathayana at Chaka Salt Lake

(2019) Na Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Associative learning of flowers by generalist bumble bees can be mediated by microbes on the petals

(2019) Avery L Russell et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Natural fumigation as a mechanism for volatile transport between flower organs

(2019) Benoît Boachon et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Movers and shakers: Bumble bee foraging behavior shapes the dispersal of microbes among and within flowers

(2019) Avery L. Russell et al.   Ecosphere

Evolutionary ecology of nectar

(2018) Amy L Parachnowitsch et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Bacteria colonising Penstemon digitalis show volatile and tissue-specific responses to a natural concentration range of the floral volatile linalool

(2018) Rosalie C. F. Burdon et al.   CHEMOECOLOGY

Genomic diversity of a nectar yeast clusters into metabolically, but not geographically, distinct lineages

(2018) Manpreet K. Dhami et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Visual Detection and Avoidance of Pathogenic Bacteria by Aphids

(2018) Tory A. Hendry et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Community-wide consequences of sexual dimorphism: evidence from nectar microbes in dioecious plants

(2018) Kaoru Tsuji et al.   ECOLOGY

Insect exclusion limits variation in bacterial microbiomes of tomato flowers and fruit

(2018) Sarah M. Allard et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Pathogen-induced changes in floral scent may increase honeybee-mediated dispersal of Erwinia amylovora

(2018) Antonio Cellini et al.   ISME Journal

Epiphytic Bacteria Alter Floral Scent Emissions

(2017) Carola Helletsgruber et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Nectar-inhabiting microorganisms influence nectar volatile composition and attractiveness to a generalist pollinator

(2017) Caitlin C. Rering et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Priority effects can persist across floral generations in nectar microbial metacommunities

(2017) Hirokazu Toju et al.   OIKOS

The seed microbiome: Origins, interactions, and impacts

(2017) Eric B. Nelson   PLANT AND SOIL

Bacillus aryabhattai SRB02 tolerates oxidative and nitrosative stress and promotes the growth of soybean by modulating the production of phytohormones

(2017) Yeon-Gyeong Park et al.   PLoS One

Mechanisms of action of plant growth promoting bacteria

(2017) Oluwaseyi Samuel Olanrewaju et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Phytohormones and Beneficial Microbes: Essential Components for Plants to Balance Stress and Fitness

(2017) Dilfuza Egamberdieva et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

A New Approach to Modify Plant Microbiomes and Traits by Introducing Beneficial Bacteria at Flowering into Progeny Seeds

(2017) Birgit Mitter et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Nectar microbes can reduce secondary metabolites in nectar and alter effects on nectar consumption by pollinators

(2016) Rachel L. Vannette et al.   ECOLOGY

Plant microbiota affects seed transmission of phytopathogenic microorganisms

(2016) Matthieu Barret et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

Structure, variation, and assembly of the root-associated microbiomes of rice

(2015) Joseph Edwards et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fungal Infection Induces Sex-Specific Transcriptional Changes and Alters Sexual Dimorphism in the Dioecious Plant Silene latifolia

(2015) Niklaus Zemp et al.   PLoS Genetics

Floral pigmentation patterns provide an example of Gloger's rule in plants

(2015) Matthew H. Koski et al.   Nature Plants

Density-dependent negative responses by bumblebees to bacteria isolated from flowers

(2014) Robert R. Junker et al.   APIDOLOGIE

The microbial ecology of flowers: an emerging frontier in phyllosphere research

(2014) Kristin Aleklett et al.   Botany

Yeasts in nectar enhance male fitness in a montane perennial herb

(2014) Robert N. Schaeffer et al.   ECOLOGY

Arranging the bouquet of disease: floral traits and the transmission of plant and animal pathogens

(2014) Scott H. McArt et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Natural soil microbes alter flowering phenology and the intensity of selection on flowering time in a wild Arabidopsis relative

(2014) Maggie R. Wagner et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Honey Bees Avoid Nectar Colonized by Three Bacterial Species, But Not by a Yeast Species, Isolated from the Bee Gut

(2014) Ashley P. Good et al.   PLoS One

Genome-wide association study of Arabidopsis thaliana leaf microbial community

(2014) Matthew W. Horton et al.   Nature Communications

Removal of floral microbiota reduces floral terpene emissions

(2014) Josep Peñuelas et al.   Scientific Reports

Nonrandom genotype distribution among floral hosts contributes to local and regional genetic diversity in the nectar-living yeastMetschnikowia reukaufii

(2013) Carlos M. Herrera et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Pollinator-mediated evolution of floral signals

(2013) Florian P. Schiestl et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Unexpected Diversity during Community Succession in the Apple Flower Microbiome

(2013) A. Shade et al.   mBio

Yeasts in nectar of an early-blooming herb: sought by bumble bees, detrimental to plant fecundity

(2012) Carlos M. Herrera et al.   ECOLOGY

Nectar yeasts of two southern Spanish plants: the roles of immigration and physiological traits in community assembly

(2012) María I. Pozo et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Nectar bacteria, but not yeast, weaken a plant-pollinator mutualism

(2012) R. L. Vannette et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Evolution of Mutualism in Gut Microbiota Via Host Epithelial Selection

(2012) Jonas Schluter et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Local Biotic Environment Shapes the Spatial Scale of Bacteriophage Adaptation to Bacteria

(2011) Britt Koskella et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Why do so many petals have conical epidermal cells?

(2011) Heather M. Whitney et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Endophytes of Grapevine Flowers, Berries, and Seeds: Identification of Cultivable Bacteria, Comparison with Other Plant Parts, and Visualization of Niches of Colonization

(2011) Stéphane Compant et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

The major volatile organic compound emitted from Arabidopsis thaliana flowers, the sesquiterpene (E)-β-caryophyllene, is a defense against a bacterial pathogen

(2011) Mengsu Huang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evolutionary ecology of plant-microbe interactions: soil microbial structure alters selection on plant traits

(2011) Jennifer A. Lau et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evolution in metacommunities

(2011) C. J. Goodnight   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Composition of epiphytic bacterial communities differs on petals and leaves

(2011) R. R. Junker et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Floral traits affecting fire blight infection and management

(2011) Ágnes Farkas et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Host control over infection and proliferation of a cheater symbiont

(2010) J. L. SACHS et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Sniffing out patterns of sexual dimorphism in floral scent

(2009) Tia-Lynn Ashman   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Correlated evolution of mating system and floral display traits in flowering plants and its implications for the distribution of mating system variation

(2009) Carol Goodwillie et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Inhospitable sweetness: nectar filtering of pollinator-borne inocula leads to impoverished, phylogenetically clustered yeast communities

(2009) C. M. Herrera et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Symbiosis Lost: Imperfect Vertical Transmission of Fungal Endophytes in Grasses

(2008) Michelle E. Afkhami et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

The joint effects of kin, multilevel selection and indirect genetic effects on response to genetic selection

(2008) P. BIJMA et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY