Method of interest: Leaf-FISH: Microscale Imaging of Bacterial Taxa on Phyllosphere

By Jonathan Eisen Posted in Methods and Tools Plant Microbiomes

Posted on February 1, 2018January 31, 2018

This paper may be of use to people working on plant microbiomes. Peredo EL and Simmons SL (2018) Leaf-FISH: Microscale Imaging of Bacterial Taxa on Phyllosphere. Front. Microbiol. 8:2669. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02669 Abstract Molecular methods for microbial community characterization have uncovered environmental and plant-associated factors shaping phyllosphere communities. Variables undetectable using bulk methods can play an …

Fall into Fungi

Posted on December 7, 2015March 14, 2017

Autumn is not just a beautiful season in which multicolored leaves fall to the ground from their branches. It is also a good time for all kinds of microbes to flourish with the new addition of delicious leaf litter nutrients. A new paper from Irga et al studies the connection between the fungi found on leaf litter and …