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Bulgarelli, D. et al. Structure and function of the bacterial root microbiota in wild and domesticated barley.
Schlaeppi K, Dombrowski N, Oter RG, Ver Loren van Themaat E, Schulze-Lefert P. Quantitative divergence of the bacterial root microbiota in Arabidopsis thaliana relatives.
Using a GFP-tagged derivative [8], the fate of bacterial root colonization was recently studied.
They found that the plant responded to bacterial root infection by increasing the secretion of the antimicrobial compound rosmarinic acid from its roots.
The relation between the different bacterial phyla, and the placement of the bacterial root remains uncertain (e.g., see [ 19]).
The C-terminal tree had similar branchings as the tree shown in Figure 3, but with fewer well-supported branches near the bacterial root.
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They do this after arguing at length for the bacterial rooting of the tree of life.
The combination of all three arguments strongly supports the bacterial rooting of the tree.
This explains why I especially appreciate the comment of the authors on the compatibility between the bacterial rooting and a proto-eukaryotic like LUCA.
It is important to realize that despite claims that all rootings of the tree are contradictory [ 16], the newest exclusive methods are converging on a Bacterial rooting.
I should confess that I have been myself misled by the wrong idea that the bacterial rooting implied de facto a prokaryotic-like LUCA.
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