Summary
Designing synthetic, beneficial microbes and microbial communities to inoculate into soil, and manipulation of the microbes around plant roots (the rhizosphere microbiome) to promote plant growth and productivity are current strategies to ensure food security with sustainable agricultural practices. These strategies rely on understanding how bacteria sense and respond to plant hosts. Bacterial signaling networks detect signals, process information, and drive behaviors like movement toward plant roots. These networks allow the bacteria to monitor and adapt to their surroundings with responses
