Research Area 2
Plant Microbiota Metabolic Networks and Edaphic Adaptation
Plant fitness in natural environments and agricultural crop yields are influenced by plant-associated microbiota and soil type. The composition and activity of plant microbiota are determined by nutritional (mineral nutrients), metabolic (primary and specialized metabolites), and edaphic (physical, chemical, and biological properties of soil) factors interacting with different plant genotypes. This Research Area investigates the contribution of microbiota to plant performance and edaphic adaptation. RA2 will identify genetic, molecular, and biochemical mechanisms governing the structure, activity, and function of plant-associated microbial communities in the rhizosphere and phyllosphere. The central working hypotheses of RA2 are as follows: (i) metabolic partnership between plants and associated microbes is important for the establishment of interorganismal nutritional networks, and (ii) variation in this metabolic connectivity is a major force underlying edaphic adaptation and plant health. Metabolic models will be developed from analyses of plant-microbe communities growing in different natural soils and environments, and their physiological relevance will be tested and refined using an iterative set of microbiota reconstitution experiments under controlled nutritional perturbations. Central to RA2 is an integrated analysis of the plant microbiota metabolism, taking advantage of reductionist approaches.
Coordinators
Dr. Rubén Garrido-Oter
Telephone+49 221 5062344
Department of Plant Microbe Interactions
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
Members
Dr. Eltayb Abdellatef
CEPLAS Researcher, Research Area 1, 2
Dr. Florian Altegoer
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 2
Arun Alexander Anburaj
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2
Dr. Borjana Arsova
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 2
Prof. Dr. Petra Bauer
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,2,5
Prof. Dr. Marcel Bucher
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 2
Dr. Gwendolyn Davis
CEPLAS Researcher, Research Area 1,2
Prof. Dr. Gunther Döhlemann
Principal Investigator, Research Area 2,3
Prof. Dr. Oliver Ebenhöh
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,2,3,4,5
Sabrina Egli
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1,2
Büşra Elkatmış
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2
Dr. Martina Feierabend
CEPLAS Researcher, Research Area 2,4
Prof. Dr. Wolf B. Frommer
Jan Gaertner
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2
Dr. Rubén Garrido Oter
Principal Investigator, Research Area 2,3,4,5
Dr. Ricardo F. H. Giehl
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,2,5
Dr. Tonni Grube Andersen
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1, 2
Dr. Stéphane Hacquard
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 2
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Elena Hamann
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,2,4
Dr. Götz Hensel
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1, 2, 3, 5
Prof. Dr. Tatjana Hildebrandt
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,2,3,5
Dr. Poonam Kanwar
CEPLAS Researcher, Research Area 1,2
Annoshay Khan
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2
Stanislav Kopriva
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2,3
Prof. Dr. Stanislav Kopriva
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,2,3,4,5
Prof. Dr. Maria von Korff Schmising
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,2,4,5
Dr. Steven Le Hung Cheng
CEPLAS Researcher, Research Area 2,3
Dr. Ernesto Llamas
CEPLAS Researcher, Research Area 2
Dr. Eliza Loo
Group leader, Research Area 2,3
Dr. Takaki Maekawa
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 2
Milena Malisic
Dr. Ellen Oldenburg
CEPLAS Researcher, Research Area 2,4
Nathaniel Oragbon
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1,2,4
Prof. Dr. Jane E. Parker
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 2,3
Prof. Dr. Markus Pauly
Dr. Vicente Ramírez
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 2
Dr. Daniela Ristova
Group leader, Research Area 1, 2
Prof. Dr. Laura Rose
Principal Investigator, Research Area 2,4
Dr. Isabel ML Saur
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 2,5
Flora Schlüter
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2,4
Prof. Dr. Paul Schulze-Lefert
Principal Investigator, Research Area 2,3,4
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schurr
Dr. Johana Stadtel geb. Misas Villamil
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 2
Prof. Dr. Nicolaus von Wirén
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,2,3,4,5
Dr. St. Elmo Wilken
Group leader, Research Area 2,4
Dr. Michael Wudick
Group leader, Research Area 1, 2
Dr. Yanrong You
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Zeier
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 2
Dr. Jinyi Zhu
CEPLAS Researcher, Research Area 2
Zoé Zick
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 2
Prof. Dr. Alga Zuccaro
Principal Investigator, Research Area 2,3,4,5
Prof. Dr. Matias Zurbriggen
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,2,3,4,5