Promoting Model Systems of Microbiota-Medicinal Plant Interactions

Valentina Maggini; Alessio Mengoni; Patrizia Bogani; Fabio Firenzuoli; Renato Fani

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2019.12.013

Promoting Model Systems of Microbiota-Medicinal Plant Interactions

Trends Plant Sci. 2020 Mar;25(3):223-225. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.12.013. Epub 2020 Jan 13.

Authors

Valentina Maggini¹, Alessio Mengoni², Patrizia Bogani², Fabio Firenzuoli³, Renato Fani⁴

Affiliations

¹ Research and Innovation Center in Phytotherapy and Integrated Medicine, Careggi, University Hospital, Florence, Italy; Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: valentina.maggini@unifi.it.
² Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
³ Research and Innovation Center in Phytotherapy and Integrated Medicine, Careggi, University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
⁴ Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: renato.fani@unifi.it.

PMID: 31948792
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.12.013

Abstract

The role of the interaction(s) between medicinal plants (MPs) and their endophytes (bacterial microbiome) in the production of bioactive compounds (BCs) with therapeutic properties is emerging. Here, we propose Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench as a new model to reveal the intimate crosstalk between MPs and bacterial endophytes, aiming to discover (new) BCs.

Keywords: bacterial microbiota; endophytes; medicinal plants; plant model system; plant–bacteria interaction.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bacteria
Echinacea*
Endophytes
Microbiota*
Plants, Medicinal*