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Functional genomics analysis of plant growth-promoting rhizobacterial traits involved in rhizosphere competence

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In soil, some specific bacterial populations, called plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria are able to promote plant growth and/or reduce the incidence of soil-borne diseases. Rhizosphere competence is an important prerequisite for the efficacy of these biocontrol strains. Therefore, over decades, multiple approaches have been combined to understand the molecular basis of bacterial traits involved in rhizosphere competence. This review addresses the bacterial genes expressed during bacterial–plant interactions in the rhizosphere of different plant species. The distribution of these key genes in natural populations of rhizobacteria is also discussed.

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This research was supported in parts by grants awarded by the Science Foundation of Ireland (07/IN.1/B948, 08/RFP/GEN1295, 08/RFP/GEN1319, SFI09/RFP/BMT2350); the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (RSF grants 06-321 and 06-377; FIRM grants 06RDC459 06RDC506 and 08RDC629); the European Commission (MTKD-CT2006-042062, Marie Curie TOK:TRAMWAYS, EU256596); IRCSET (05/EDIV/FP107/INTERPAM, EMBARK), the Marine Institute Beaufort award (C&CRA 2007/082), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA 2006-PhD-S-21, EPA 2008-PhD-S-2) and the HRB (RP/2006/271, RP/2007/290, HRA/2009/146). The authors thank members of the BIOMERIT Research Centre for their support and scientific input.

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Barret, M., Morrissey, J.P. & O’Gara, F. Functional genomics analysis of plant growth-promoting rhizobacterial traits involved in rhizosphere competence. Biol Fertil Soils 47, 729–743 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-011-0605-x

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