Open AccessCommunity level physiological profiling of microorganisms in the rhizosphere of transgenic plants – A review
Author(s) -
J. Faragó,
Natália Faragová
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nova biotechnologica et chimica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.212
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 1339-004X
pISSN - 1338-6905
DOI - 10.36547/nbc.1124
Subject(s) - biosafety , rhizosphere , genetically modified crops , microbial population biology , microorganism , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , ecosystem , agronomy , environmental science , ecology , transgene , bacteria , biochemistry , genetics , gene
Since 1996, when the first genetically modified seeds were planted in field conditions, the commercial growing of genetically modified crops increased to over 134 millions of hectares in 2009 worldwide. Along with the great potential of transgenic plants for future agriculture, considerable concerns on their biosafety have been raised, including their potential impact on soil microbial communities. This review briefly summarizes the important features of soil microorganisms for plant health and ecosystem stability, the numerous methods available for microbial ecologists to study soil microbial diversity, with emphasis on the method of community level physiological profiling (CLPP) based on carbon substrate utilization patterning, and finally the use of CLPP for assessing the effects of transgenic crops on soil microbial communities.