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Research Interests
Plant-bacteria interaction and plant growth promotion. Microbial evolution, genomic plasticity. and quorum sensing. Genetic regulation of bacterial metabolism and its influence on the production of phytostimulating signals and/or other metabolites of environmental interest.
Key Words
Bacteria, Plant Growth Promotion, Genomic Plasticity, Metabolic Regulation, Metabolic Pathway,Volatile Signals, Cellulose.
Profession
Biochemist, Universidad de Chile 2000
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Award Date: 18 Apr 2008
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Good things come in small doses: Natural low abundance within the rhizosphere microbiome as a critical trait to successful Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria.
González, B. (Principal Investigator), Ledger, T. (Co-Investigator) & Poupin, M. J. (Co-Investigator)
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo
1/04/23 → 1/04/27
Project: Research
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ACT210052: Understanding the connections between abiotic stress and forest vulnerability to fires
Reszka, P. (Principal Investigator), Poupin, M. J. (Associate Researcher) & Ledger, T. (Principal Investigator)
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo
1/12/21 → 1/12/24
Project: Research
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Disentangling the role of phenotypic plasticity and mutualistic interactions in the rhizosphere: plant-growth promoting bacteria as drivers of plant adaptive evolution.
Poupin, M. J. (Principal Investigator), González, B. (Co-Investigator) & Ledger, T. (Co-Investigator)
Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
1/04/19 → 1/04/23
Project: Research
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Nitrogen-modulated effects of the diazotrophic bacterium Cupriavidus taiwanensis on the non-nodulating plant Arabidopsis thaliana
Ruiz, D., Céspedes-Bernal, N., Vega, A., Ledger, T., González, B. & Poupin, M. J., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Plant and Soil.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Aromatic compounds depurative and plant growth promotion rhizobacteria abilities of Allenrolfea vaginata (Amaranthaceae) rhizosphere microbial communities from a solar saltern hypersaline soil
Rodríguez-Valdecantos, G., Torres-Rojas, F., Muñoz-Echeverría, S., del Rocío Mora-Ruiz, M., Rosselló-Móra, R., Cid-Cid, L., Ledger, T. & González, B., 2023, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 14, 1251602.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
The Arabidopsis holobiont: a (re)source of insights to understand the amazing world of plant–microbe interactions
Poupin, M. J., Ledger, T., Roselló-Móra, R. & González, B., Dec 2023, In: Environmental Microbiomes. 18, 1, 9.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access17 Scopus citations -
Individual competence predominates over host nutritional status in Arabidopsis root exudate-mediated bacterial enrichment in a combination of four Burkholderiaceae species
Cillero, J. I., Henríquez, P. A., Ledger, T. W., Ruz, G. A. & González, B., Dec 2022, In: BMC Microbiology. 22, 1, 218.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Scopus citations -
Lac operon boolean models: Dynamical robustness and alternative improvements
Montalva-Medel, M., Ledger, T., Ruz, G. A. & Goles, E., 2 Mar 2021, In: Mathematics. 9, 6, 600.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access5 Scopus citations