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Table 1 Main metabolic, functional, and ecological features reported for microbial families and genera found associated with the Arabidopsis holobiont

From: The Arabidopsis holobiont: a (re)source of insights to understand the amazing world of plant–microbe interactions

Phylum

Family/Genus

Metabolic, functional, and/or ecological features

References*

Bacteria

Actinomycetota

Streptomycetaceae/Streptomyces

Plant growth promotion. Biocontrol activity. Phosphate turnover. Antimicrobial synthesis

Olanrewaju and Babaloba (2019)

Nocardioidaceae/Nocardiodes

Plant derived and pollutant compounds degradation. Plant growth promotion. Halophyte

Yang et al. (2020); Okazaki et al. (2021)

Microbacteriaceae/Microbacterium

Plant growth promotion and protection

Ren et al. (2019); Gilbert et al. (2022)

Corynebactericeae/Rhodococcus

Organic compounds degraders. Plant beneficial and pathogens

Savory et al. (2017); Kim et al. (2018)

Bacillota

Bacillaceae/Bacillus

Plant growth promotion and protection. Bioactive molecules synthesis

Rabbee et al. (2019); Andric et al. (2020); Blake et al. (2021)

Paenibacillaceae/Paenibacillus

Plant growth promotion and protection. Antimicrobials synthesis

Grady et al. (2016)

Bacteroidota

Flavobacteriaceae/Flavobacterium

Gliding motility. Pollutant degradation. Pathogen (animal)

Shrivastava and Berg, (2015); Mishra et al. (2021)

Pseudomonadota

(α class)

Rhizobiaceae/Rhizobium/Agrobacterium/

N fixation legume symbiosis. Plant DNA integration. Plant growth promotion

Barton et al. (2018); Ferguson et al. (2019); Harman & Uphoff (2019)

Sphingomonadaceae/Sphingomonas

Plant growth promotion. Organic compounds degradation

Stolz (2014); Luo et al. [117]

Methylobacteriaceae/Methylobacterium

Methylotrophy. Nitrate utilization. Anoxygenic phototrophy. Plant growth promotion

Ardanov et al. (2012); Knief et al. (2012); Iguchi et al. (2015); Macey et al. (2020); Alessa et al. (2021)

Devosiaceae/Devosia

N fixation symbiosis

Rivas et al. (2002)

Bradyrhizobiaceae/Bradyrhizobium

N fixation symbiosis

Jaiswal & Dakora (2019)

Azospirillaceae/Azospirillum

N fixation. Plant growth promotion

Fukami et al. (2018)

Rhodobacteraceae/Paracoccus

Methylotrophy

Czarnecki & Bartosik (2019)

Pseudomonadota

(β class)

Comamonadaceae/Polaromonas/Acidovorax/Variovorax/Pelomonas

Aromatic compounds degradation. Plant sulfur supply. Nematode biocontrol

Pérez-Pantoja et al. (2012); Gahan & Schmalenberger, (2014); Topalovic et al. (2020)

Oxalobacteriaceae/Massilia

Plant growth promotion and protection

Ofek et al. (2012); Liu et al. (2014)

Burkholderiaceae/(Para)Bulkholderia/Ralstonia

Animal and plant pathogen. Plant growth promotion. Bioactive molecules synthesis. Aromatic compounds degradation

Pérez-Pantoja et al. (2012); Mannaa et al. 2019; Klaus et al. (2020); Xue et al. (2020)

Pseudomonadota

(γ class)

Pseudomonadaceae/Pseudomonas

Metabolic versatility. Plant pathogen. Biocontrol. Plant growth promotion. Pollutant degradation. Bioactive molecules synthesis

Xin et al. (2018); Weimer et al. (2020); Zboralski and Filion (2020)

Erwiniaceae/Pantoea

Plant pathogen. Biocontrol

Lahlali et al. (2022)

Xhantomonadaceae/Xhantomonas/ Stenotrophomonas/Lysobacter

Plant pathogen. Plant growth promotion. Biocontrol

Puopolo et al. (2017); An et al. (2020); Tang et al. (2020)

Enterobacteriaceae/Enterobacter

Plant growth promotion

Macedo-Raygoza et al. (2019); Roslan et al. (2020)

Moraxellaceae/Acinetobacter

Plant growth promotion

Khanghahi et al. (2021)

Non-bacterial

Oomycota

Pythiaceae/Pythium

Plant pathogen

Judelson and Ah-Fong (2019); Thambugala et al. (2020)

Ascomycota

Mycosphaerellaceae

Plant pathogen

Videira et al. (2017)

Davidiellaceae/Cladosporium

Bioactive compounds

Salvatore et al. (2021)

Pleosporaceae/Alternaria

Phytotoxins. Plant growth promotion

Thambugala et al. (2020). Wang et al. (2022)

Nectriaceae/Fusarium

Plant pathogen

Rampersad (2020)

Trichocomaceae/Penicillium

Versatile bioactive compounds synthesis. Plant growth promotion. Plant pathogen

Thambugala et al. (2020). Toghueo & Boyom, (2020); Bhatta (2022)

Basidiomycota

Tremellaceae/Cryptococcus

Human (mammals) pathogen

Bahn et al. (2020)

Mucoronomycota

Mucoraceae/Rhizopus

Animal and plant pathogen. Fermentation products

Gryganskyi et al. (2018)

  1. *A selection of recent reviews, when available; if not, representative recent articles (only Open Access), are listed in the Supplementary List of References