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. 2020 Mar 12;10(3):24. doi: 10.3390/life10030024

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Plant-growth-promoting attributes and entry mechanisms showed by plant probiotic bacteria (PPBs) on plants. Both RBEs (rhizobial bacterial endophytes) and NRBEs (non-rhizobial bacterial endophytes) can exert one or several plant-growth-promoting traits. The success in the colonization and infection of these bacteria will result in a better plant performance. The root hair entry mechanism is usually associated with RBEs. NRBEs might also enter actively by root hairs, by just erode the cell wall, forming (or not) a tubular structure similar to an infection thread (IT), or passively, via the IT formed by rhizobia. Both RBEs and NRBEs might also enter actively or passively by the other mechanisms described in the figure.