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. 2023 Sep 7;9:71. doi: 10.1038/s41526-023-00323-x

Table 2.

Examples of microbes infecting plant hosts under true or simulated* microgravity.

Fusarium graminearum (fungus)* Wheat (Triticum aestivum), Poaceae 28
Fusarium oxysporum (fungus) Zinnia hybrida, Asteraceae 29
Phytophthora sojae (oomycete) Soybean (Glycine max), Fabaceae 26
Neotyphodium sp. (fungus) Wheat (Triticum aestivum), Poaceae 117
Sinorhizobium meliloti (bacteria)* Medicago truncatula, Fabaceae 122
Rhizophagus irregularis (fungus)* Medicago truncatula, Fabaceae 122

Organisms marked with * were part of modeled microgravity analog (MMA) studies as opposed to spaceflight.