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Bacterial Volatiles Mediating Information Between Bacteria and Plants

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Biocommunication of Plants

Part of the book series: Signaling and Communication in Plants ((SIGCOMM,volume 14))

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At present, more than 400 volatiles are known to appear in bacterial headspace samples, but more are expected as more bacteria will be investigated and several identification technologies will be applied. A comprehensive list of bacteria and their respective effects on plants were presented. The volatiles emitted from Serratia plymuthica HRO-C48 and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia R3089 retarded leaf and root development of Arabidopsis thaliana starting at day 2 of cocultivation, while first signs of activation of stress promoters appeared already after 18 h. Most A. thaliana ecotypes reacted similar to the volatiles of S. plymuthica, but a stronger root growth inhibition was observed for the accession C24. β-Phenyl-ethanol was identified as one compound of the S. plymuthica volatile mixture inhibiting the growth of Arabidopsis thaliana.

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    Katrin Wenke, Teresa Weise, Rene Warnke, Marco Kai & Birgit Piechulla

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Wenke, K. et al. (2012). Bacterial Volatiles Mediating Information Between Bacteria and Plants. In: Witzany, G., Baluška, F. (eds) Biocommunication of Plants. Signaling and Communication in Plants, vol 14. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23524-5_17

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