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  1. Oct 2019
    1. We also show how our toolbox can be used to deploy the FBP in planta to build auto-luminescent reporters for the study of gene-expression and hormone fluxes
    1. Because growth conditions (i.e., fluid dynamics and nutrient composition) can also have a profound effect on when QS is important,(71-75) there is a need to study biofilm formation and QS of BNR bacteria under various potential operating conditions.
    1. difficult to observe in situ at the microscale, hence mechanisms and time scales relevant for bacterial spatial organization remain largely qualitative.
    1. it is unclear to what extent these results are relevant in natural habitats, as the standard assays neglect the different surface chemistries, interactions with other species, and physical constraints of natural environments.
  2. Sep 2019
    1. This biosensor will help identify organic substrates that potentially support microbial growth and activity before and during nodulation
    2. Such biosensors can reveal intriguing aspects of the environment and the physiology of the free-living soil S. meliloti before and during the establishment of nodulation, and they provide a nondestructive, spatially explicit method for examining rhizosphere soil chemical composition
    1. quantifying biogeochemical fluxes resulting from these reactions remains a challenge
    2. These tools provide insights into processes such as N uptake at the scale of individual root tips, allowing observation of plant–microbe interactions on scales at which they actually occur, instead of being masked by a whole‐core average
  3. Aug 2019