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Overview

Anton Hartmann is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research focuses primarily on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a concentration in Plant Science as well as related subfields such as Molecular Biology, Oceanography, Microbiology, and Endocrinology.

The scientist's work explores multiple topics including:

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities

Anton Hartmann has published several papers, notable among them:

  • Importance of N-Acyl-Homoserine Lactone-Based Quorum Sensing and Quorum Quenching in Pathogen Control and Plant Growth Promotion (2021) in Pathogens
  • Plant Growth Promotion and Induction of Systemic Tolerance to Drought and Salt Stress of Plants by Quorum Sensing Auto-Inducers of the N-acyl-homoserine Lactone Type: Recent Developments (2021) in Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Quorum sensing N-acyl-homoserine lactone signal molecules of plant beneficial Gram-negative rhizobacteria support plant growth and resistance to pathogens (2020) in Rhizosphere

The prominent publication venues where Hartmann's work has appeared include:

  • FEMS Microbiology Ecology
  • Plant and Soil
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Pathogens
  • Rhizosphere

Frequent collaborators in Hartmann's research include Michael Rothballer, Sophia Klink, Ibrahim Alabid, Martin Hardt, and Jafargholi Imani.

Best Publications

  • Plant-driven selection of microbes

    Anton Hartmann;Michael Schmid;Diederik van Tuinen;Gabriele Berg

  • The rhizosphere as a reservoir for opportunistic human pathogenic bacteria

    Gabriele Berg;Leo Eberl;Anton Hartmann

  • Biocontrol mechanism by root-associated Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 – a review

    Soumitra Paul Chowdhury;Anton Hartmann;XueWen Gao;Rainer Borriss

  • Lorenz Hiltner, a pioneer in rhizosphere microbial ecology and soil bacteriology research

    Anton Hartmann;Michael Rothballer;Michael Schmid

  • Does efficiency sensing unify diffusion and quorum sensing

    Burkhard A. Hense;Christina Kuttler;Johannes Müller;Michael Rothballer

  • Induction of systemic resistance in tomato by N-acyl-L-homoserine lactone-producing rhizosphere bacteria.

    Regina Schuhegger;Alexandra Ihring;Stephan Gantner;GüNTHER Bahnweg

  • Visualization of N-Acylhomoserine Lactone-Mediated Cell-Cell Communication between Bacteria Colonizing the Tomato Rhizosphere

    Anette Steidle;Katja Sigl;Regina Schuhegger;Alexandra Ihring

  • Effects of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 on lettuce growth and health under pathogen pressure and its impact on the rhizosphere bacterial community.

    Soumitra Paul Chowdhury;Kristin Dietel;Manuela Rändler;Michael Schmid

  • Azospirillum doebereinerae sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium associated with the C4-grass Miscanthus.

    Barbara Eckert;Olmar Baller Weber;Gudrun Kirchhof;Andras Halbritter

  • The roots of the halophyte Salicornia brachiata are a source of new halotolerant diazotrophic bacteria with plant growth-promoting potential

    Bhavanath Jha;Iti Gontia;Anton Hartmann

  • Activity profiling of ectomycorrhiza communities in two forest soils using multiple enzymatic tests

    Pierre-Emmanuel Courty;Karin Pritsch;Michael Schloter;Anton Hartmann

  • Production of auxin and other indolic and phenolic compounds by Paenibacillus polymyxa strains isolated from different proximity to plant roots

    Michael Lebuhn;Thierry Heulin;Anton Hartmann

  • Response of Arabidopsis thaliana to N-hexanoyl-dl-homoserine-lactone, a bacterial quorum sensing molecule produced in the rhizosphere

    Uta von Rad;Ilona Klein;Petre I. Dobrev;Jana Kottova

  • Cyclic Lipopeptides of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum Colonizing the Lettuce Rhizosphere Enhance Plant Defense Responses Toward the Bottom Rot Pathogen Rhizoctonia solani

    Soumitra Paul Chowdhury;Jenny Uhl;Rita Grosch;Sylvia Alquéres

  • In situ quantitation of the spatial scale of calling distances and population density-independent N-acylhomoserine lactone-mediated communication by rhizobacteria colonized on plant roots

    Stephan Gantner;Michael Schmid;Christine Dürr;Regina Schuhegger

  • Ecology and evolution of bacterial microdiversity

    Michael Schloter;Michael Lebuhn;Thierry Heulin;Anton Hartmann

  • A rapid and highly sensitive method for measuring enzyme activities in single mycorrhizal tips using 4-methylumbelliferone-labelled fluorogenic substrates in a microplate system.

    K Pritsch;S Raidl;E Marksteiner;H Blaschke

  • Diversity of Green-Like and Red-Like Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase Large-Subunit Genes (cbbL) in Differently Managed Agricultural Soils

    Draženka Selesi;Michael Schmid;Anton Hartmann

  • Bacterial quorum sensing compounds are important modulators of microbe-plant interactions

    Anton Hartmann;Michael Rothballer;Burkhard A. Hense;Peter Schröder

  • Taxonomic characterization of Ochrobactrum sp. isolates from soil samples and wheat roots, and description of Ochrobactrum tritici sp. nov. and Ochrobactrum grignonense sp. nov.

    Michael Lebuhn;Wafa Achouak;Michael Schloter;Odile Berge

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Schloter
Michael Schloter Technical University of Munich
Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin
Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin Technical University of Munich
Thierry Heulin
Thierry Heulin Aix-Marseille University
Leo Eberl
Leo Eberl University of Zurich
Rainer Borriss
Rainer Borriss Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Veronica Massena Reis
Veronica Massena Reis Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Jean Charles Munch
Jean Charles Munch Technical University of Munich
Bhavanath Jha
Bhavanath Jha Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute
Thomas Rattei
Thomas Rattei University of Vienna

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