title: Microbe-plant interactions: principles and mechanisms.
abstract: The present status of research on the molecular basis of microbe-plant interactions is discussed. Principles and mechanisms which play a role in the interactions of microbial pathogens, biofertilizers, phytostimulators, rhizoremediators and biocontrol agents with the plants are treated. Special emphasis is given to colonization, phase variation, two-component systems, quorum sensing, complex regulation of the syntheses of extracellular enzymes and secondary metabolites, Type 4 pili and Type III and Type IV secretion systems.
authors.affiliation: Leiden University, Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, Clusius Laboratory, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ben J J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Lugtenberg
authors.forename: Thomas F C
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Chin-A-Woeng
authors.forename: Guido V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Bloemberg
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005658:Fungi / Q000254:growth & development / Q000472:pathogenicity; D010572:Pest Control, Biological; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology*