Life on a leaf

Elife. 2019 Nov 1:8:e52123. doi: 10.7554/eLife.52123.

Abstract

Microscopic water films allow bacteria to survive the seemingly dry surface of plant leaves.

Keywords: Pseudomonas fluorescens; Pseudomonas putida; bacterial survival; computational biology; deliquescence; desiccation; infectious disease; microbiology; plant microbiome; systems biology.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Plant Leaves*
  • Pseudomonas fluorescens*