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jeanmichelane.bsky.social
Professor at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Researcher on plant-microbe symbioses. Father of 5. Loves hiking, camping, archery, and coffee. Views are my own.
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Soil microbiomes from the groundnut basin of Senegal contain plant growth-promoting bacteria with potential for crop improvement in arid soils

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In my opinion, Acaulospora was a weird choice of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for such a system... Not surprised they got these limited results - Inoculation of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Alters Fungal Communities in Organic Tomato Cultivation

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The host plant is actually in charge here... Super interesting paper  -> Plant glutamyl-tRNA reductases coordinate plant and rhizobial heme biosynthesis in nitrogen-fixing nodules | The Plant Cell | Oxford Academic

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Expression profiling and transcriptional regulation of the SRS transcription factor gene family of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in symbiosis with Rhizobium etli | PLOS One

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Oxygen and derived reactive species in Legume – Rhizobia interactions: paradoxes and dual roles | Journal of Experimental Botany | Oxford Academic

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A recent @newscientist.com cartoon #fungi

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I totally agree with the statements and conclusion of this report from Professor Dame Angela McLean: www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Aquaporins and their role in plant-microbial systems

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Integrative transcriptomic and physiological analyses uncover mechanisms by which arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi mitigate salt stress in sugar beet | Mycorrhiza

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Fungal necromass beyond glomalin - Unraveling the role of dark septate endophytes and extracellular polymeric substances in soil aggregate formation and alfalfa growth enhancement - ScienceDirect

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That electro-enzymatic system is so cool! -> Electroenzymatic N2 reduction to ammonia by nitrogenase from Azotobacter vinelandii immobilized on low density graphite electrodes under direct electron transfer regime - ScienceDirect

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Beyond symbiosis - Medicago2035: Genomes, functional genomics, and molecular breeding

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Not so surprising... Mycorrhization affects the morpho-physiological traits and rhizosphere proprieties of three lucerne cultivars (Medicago sativa L.) in phosphorus-deficient situations: New Zealand Journal of Agricul...

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Our ability to educate students and conduct research has been declining at an unbelievable rate in the US since January. These significant cuts will have long-lasting negative impacts on the youth, health, and economy of my country. I am so sad for this nation. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Isolation, Quantification, and Visualization of Extracellular Membrane Vesicles in Rhizobia Under Free-Living Conditions

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The functional type VI secretion system of Sinorhizobium fredii USDA257 is required for a successful nodulation with Glycine max cv Pekin | bioRxiv

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ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."

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Avelo Airlines... good to know: www.npr.org/2025/04/30/g...

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Lots of detail from inside NIH on all the damage from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Great talk from @jeffinerca.bsky.social in the Department of Soil Science at @uwmadison.bsky.social

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Strain-specific markers of rhizobia from whole-genome sequencing data - Andronov

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I have never heard about plasma-activated water before - Plasma-activated water promotes and finely tunes arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in Lotus japonicus | BMC Plant Biology | Full Text

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Systemic Effects of Nitrate on Nitrogen Fixation and Sucrose Catabolism in Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) Nodules

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Sorry to be a bit critical but, even if the differences are statistically differentiable, the effect sizes are really tiny - The biomass and health-enhancing qualities of lettuce are amplified through the inoculation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi | BMC Plant Biology | Full Text

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Great preprint from @fmartin54.bsky.social and colleagues on CLE peptides in ectomycorrhizal associations sco.lt/5zpDCi

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Fungal endophytes may not be a reliable way to improve plant resilience to global change. Warmer temperatures disrupt symbiosis between plants and fungal endophytes by reducing fungal colonization and diversity in plant tissues, with stronger effects in leaves than roots. dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

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Symbiotic plant-bacterial-fungal interaction orchestrates ethylene and auxin signaling for optimized plant growth

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Great paper on the benefits of rhizobia and AMF for land restoration -> Legume life history interacts with land use degradation of rhizobia: Implications for restoration success

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Interesting preprint from @dromius.bsky.social and colleagues -> An approach to enhance symbiotic nitrogen fixation | bioRxiv

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Endophytic fungi—Big player in plant-microbe symbiosis - ScienceDirect

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Untargeted metabolomics unveils an accumulation of flavonoids associated with the microbiome of low-performing sorghum | Research Square

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Beautiful paper from Jan Jansa's lab: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Root hair: An important guest-meeting avenue for rhizobia in legume–Rhizobium symbiosis - ScienceDirect

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Micronutrients: Minor yet Crucial for Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation

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The nodule position part is interesting - Influence of genotype, nodule position, and edaphic factors on microbial diversity and assembly of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) root nodules in Indian soils | Environmental Microbiome | Full Text

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Boosting Rhizobium-legume symbiosis: The role of nodule non-rhizobial bacteria in hormonal and nutritional regulation under stress - ScienceDirect

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Interesting paper, but a yield trial in little flower pots does not convince me of the "agronomic" relevance of these conclusions. I find the wording of this paper quite misleading. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Elucidating long non-coding RNA networks in tomato plants in response to Funneliformis mosseae colonization and cucumber mosaic virus infection | BMC Plant Biology | Full Text

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Effect of Integrated Nutrient Management with VAM on Nutrient Uptake and Yield of Sorghum

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Earth Day paper -> ‘Myconauts’ aim to reveal the often hidden soil fungi that shape ecosystems

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That freaks me out www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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Fungal-mediated soil aggregation as a mechanism for carbon stabilization | The ISME Journal | Oxford Academic

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Sweet review...  Sugar transporters: mediators of carbon flow between plants and microbes

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Understanding Our Soil: The Nitrogen Cycle, Fixers, and Fertilizer

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