The 125th anniversary of the first postulation of the soil origin of endophytic bacteria – a tribute to M.L.V. Galippe

Stéphane Compant (1) , Angela Sessitsch (2) , Florence Mathieu (1)

1 LGC - Laboratoire de Génie Chimique
2 AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology [Vienna]

In both managed and natural ecosystems, a wide range of various non-nodulating bacteria can thrive as endophytes in the plant interior, and some can be beneficial to their hosts (Hallmann and Berg 2007; Reinhold-Hurek and Hurek 2011). Colonizationmechanisms, the ecology and functioning of these endophytic bacteria as well as their interactions with plants have been investigated (Hardoim et al. 2008; Compant et al. 2010). Although the source of colonization can also be the spermosphere, anthosphere, caulosphere, and the phyllosphere,most endophytic bacteria are derived from the soil environment (Hallmann and Berg 2007; Compant et al. 2010).

Mots clés: Endophytes – Colonization – Soil origin

Domaines: Génie chimique; Microbiologie et Parasitologie; Science des sols

Stéphane Compant, Angela Sessitsch, Florence Mathieu. The 125th anniversary of the first postulation of the soil origin of endophytic bacteria – a tribute to M.L.V. Galippe. Plant and Soil, 2012, 356 (1-2), pp.299-301. ⟨10.1007/S11104-012-1204-9⟩. ⟨hal-03535175⟩