A mutualistic interaction between Streptomyces bacteria, strawberry plants and pollinating bees

Microbes can establish mutualistic interactions with plants and insects. Here, Kim et al. show that Streptomyces bacteria can protect strawberry plants and honeybees from pathogens, can move into the plant vascular tissue from soil and from flowers, and are transferred among flowers by the pollinato...

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Main Authors: Da-Ran Kim, Gyeongjun Cho, Chang-Wook Jeon, David M. Weller, Linda S. Thomashow, Timothy C. Paulitz, Youn-Sig Kwak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12785-3